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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ftunivlodzojs:oai:czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl:article/11449 2023-05-15T16:50:19+02:00 The Different Dynamics of Femicide in a Small Nordic Welfare Society Freysteinsdóttir, Freydís Jóna 2017-07-31 application/pdf https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/qualit/article/view/11449 https://doi.org/10.18778/1733-8077.13.3.02 eng eng Faculty of Economics and Sociology of the University of Lodz https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/qualit/article/view/11449/11079 https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/qualit/article/view/11449 doi:10.18778/1733-8077.13.3.02 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 CC-BY-NC-ND Qualitative Sociology Review; Vol. 13 No. 3 (2017): Researching Femicide from a Qualitative Perspective; 14-29 Qualitative Sociology Review; Tom 13 Nr 3 (2017): Researching Femicide from a Qualitative Perspective; 14-29 1733-8077 Femicide Intimate Partner Homicide Ecological Theory Gender Equality info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2017 ftunivlodzojs https://doi.org/10.18778/1733-8077.13.3.02 2022-04-04T23:06:02Z 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 Journals University of Lodz 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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Faculty of Economics and Sociology of the University of Lodz |
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