NCJ Number
152850
Journal
Studies on Crime and Crime Prevention Volume: 3 Dated: (1994) Pages: 24-40
Date Published
1994
Length
17 pages
Annotation
This study analyzed 150 homicides between adult sexual intimates, Australia's total for 1989-1991 period, in terms of cross-cultural variations, gender, weapon use, calls to the police, suicide, and ethnicity.
Abstract
Information was also obtained from an in-depth analysis of 110 homicide cases involving adult sexual intimates in New South Wales and Victoria during the 1988-1990 period. Study findings were contrasted with other research showing heterogeneity in some variables, such as the proportion of homicides between adult sexual intimates and the gender distribution of offenders, and cross-cultural similarities in contributing variables, such as the desire for male control and the higher incidence of suicide among male offenders who no longer had intact relationships. The need for a monolithic model for homicides that incorporates jurisdiction, ethnicity, gender, age, weapon, and suicide variables is discussed. The author recommends that homicide prevention programs integrate relevant demographic variables and adapt situationally to different regional and ethnic patterns and that attitudes toward domestic violence in Australia be changed. 41 references and 6 tables