The Different Dynamics of Femicide in a Small Nordic Welfare Society
In this study, all cases of femicide in Iceland over a thirty-year period were explored. A total of sixteen women and girls were killed during the years 1986-2015. Femicide was defined in this study as the murder of a woman by a partner, former partner, or because of passion. According to this defin...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:bibliotekanauki.pl:2107769 2023-05-15T16:50:20+02:00 The Different Dynamics of Femicide in a Small Nordic Welfare Society Freysteinsdóttir, Freydís Jóna 2017-07-31 https://doi.org/10.18778/1733-8077.13.3.02 https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/2107769.pdf https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/2107769 en eng Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego doi:10.18778/1733-8077.13.3.02 https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/2107769.pdf https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/2107769 lic_creative-commons Qualitative Sociology Review; 2017, 13, 3; 14-29 1733-8077 hisphilso socio Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2017 fttriple https://doi.org/10.18778/1733-8077.13.3.02 2023-01-22T18:22:46Z In this study, all cases of femicide in Iceland over a thirty-year period were explored. A total of sixteen women and girls were killed during the years 1986-2015. Femicide was defined in this study as the murder of a woman by a partner, former partner, or because of passion. According to this definition, eleven femicide cases occurred during this time period. The data analyzed were court verdicts and news reports of the incidents. Qualitative methods were used for analysis. Interestingly, there was a different dynamic related to femicide cases, which included 1) sex femicide, 2) former partners and 3) current partners. Alcohol consumption and the willingness of the victim to end sex appear to be a dangerous mixture, judging from the results of the sexually-related femicide cases. Alcohol consumption was a factor in all current partner femicide cases in addition to low SES status; empathy was lacking, and patriarchal views were prominent in some of them. In former partner femicide cases, jealousy and possessiveness were major themes, but not alcohol consumption. It is important to study such dynamics and contextual factors in greater detail in larger studies. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Unknown Qualitative Sociology Review 13 3 14 29 |
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In this study, all cases of femicide in Iceland over a thirty-year period were explored. A total of sixteen women and girls were killed during the years 1986-2015. Femicide was defined in this study as the murder of a woman by a partner, former partner, or because of passion. According to this definition, eleven femicide cases occurred during this time period. The data analyzed were court verdicts and news reports of the incidents. Qualitative methods were used for analysis. Interestingly, there was a different dynamic related to femicide cases, which included 1) sex femicide, 2) former partners and 3) current partners. Alcohol consumption and the willingness of the victim to end sex appear to be a dangerous mixture, judging from the results of the sexually-related femicide cases. Alcohol consumption was a factor in all current partner femicide cases in addition to low SES status; empathy was lacking, and patriarchal views were prominent in some of them. In former partner femicide cases, jealousy and possessiveness were major themes, but not alcohol consumption. It is important to study such dynamics and contextual factors in greater detail in larger studies. |
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The Different Dynamics of Femicide in a Small Nordic Welfare Society |
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