TY - SER AU - Yardley, Elizabeth TI - The killing of women in “sex games gone wrong”: an analysis of femicides in Great Britain 2000–2018 PY - 2020/// PB - Sage, KW - ATTITUDES KW - CRIMINAL JUSTICE KW - FEMICIDE KW - HOMICIDE KW - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE KW - SEXUAL VIOLENCE KW - INTERNATIONAL KW - UNITED KINGDOM N1 - Violence Against Women, 2020, Advance online publication, 4 November 2020 N2 - This research investigated cases of femicide in Great Britain where perpetrators claimed that victims died in “sex games gone wrong.” Forty-three femicides that resulted in a conviction for murder, manslaughter, or culpable homicide were examined in relation to victim–perpetrator sociodemographic characteristics, victim–perpetrator relationship, homicide details, and criminal justice outcomes. Key patterns within the data were identified. The research highlights that the “sex game gone wrong” narrative has gained traction against a cultural backdrop of normalized bondage, domination, and sadomasochism (BDSM) within neoliberal political economy. (Author's abstract). Record #6917 UR - https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801220966956 ER -