Domestic Homicide: Patterns and Dynamics

by Marieke Liem, Frans Koenraadt, Frans Koenraadt

Book Overview

The literature on domestic violence will often treat homicide as its most extreme outcome. The reality is more nuanced, with many domestic homicides occurring within a history of abusive behaviour. This book offers a much-needed synthesis of the literature on domestic homicide, covering its history; the theories supporting it; its various forms such as filicide, intimate partner homicide, parricide, siblicide and familicide; and its prevention...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367482231
• ISBN13: 9780367482237
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"