Giving voice to the silenced victims : a qualitative study of intimate partner femicide
Eriksson, Li
Giving voice to the silenced victims : a qualitative study of intimate partner femicide Li Eriksson, Paul Mazerolle and Samara McPhedran - Canberra, ACT : Australian Institute of Criminology, 2022 - electronic document (13 pages) ; PDF file - Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice .
Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, no. 645, March 2022
Scholars highlight the importance of asking victim–survivors of intimate partner violence directly about their lived experiences. In cases where the victim is killed, however, those voices are silenced. Qualitative interviews with friends and family members (informants) of intimate partner femicide victims highlighted that, while many victims experienced physical violence at the hands of their partners, they often did not label such violence as ‘abuse’. The interviews further revealed that all victims experienced coercive control, and most were in the process of regaining some level of autonomy at the time of their deaths. As might be expected, the grief and loss for the survivors was close to unbearable. (Authors' abstract). Record #7576
9781922478498 (Online)
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
COERCIVE CONTROL
FEMICIDE
HOMICIDE
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
PERPETRATORS
RISK FACTORS
SEPARATION
VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
INTERNATIONAL
AUSTRALIA
Giving voice to the silenced victims : a qualitative study of intimate partner femicide Li Eriksson, Paul Mazerolle and Samara McPhedran - Canberra, ACT : Australian Institute of Criminology, 2022 - electronic document (13 pages) ; PDF file - Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice .
Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, no. 645, March 2022
Scholars highlight the importance of asking victim–survivors of intimate partner violence directly about their lived experiences. In cases where the victim is killed, however, those voices are silenced. Qualitative interviews with friends and family members (informants) of intimate partner femicide victims highlighted that, while many victims experienced physical violence at the hands of their partners, they often did not label such violence as ‘abuse’. The interviews further revealed that all victims experienced coercive control, and most were in the process of regaining some level of autonomy at the time of their deaths. As might be expected, the grief and loss for the survivors was close to unbearable. (Authors' abstract). Record #7576
9781922478498 (Online)
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
COERCIVE CONTROL
FEMICIDE
HOMICIDE
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
PERPETRATORS
RISK FACTORS
SEPARATION
VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
INTERNATIONAL
AUSTRALIA