When Men Murder Women

R. Emerson Dobash, PhD, is Emeritus Professor of Criminology at the School of Law, University of Manchester and Permanent Distinguished Visiting Professor of Justice and Social Enquiry at Arizona State University.Russell P. Dobash, PhD, is Emeritus Professor of Criminology at the School of Law, University of Manchester.

• TABLE OF CONTENTS ; Preface ; Acknowledgements ; Abbreviations ; Chapters ; 1. Homicide Across Time and Place: Expanding Knowledge and Refining Focus ; INTIMATE PARTNER MURDER ; 2. The Knowledge-Intimate Partner Murder ; 3. Intimate Partner Murder-The Murder Event: Relationships, Contexts and Circumstances ; 4. Intimate Partner Murder-Perpetrators: Lifecourse, Orientations and Cognitions ; SEXUAL MURDER ; 5. The Knowledge-Sexual Murder ; 6. Sexual Murder-The Murder Event: Relationships, Contexts and Circumstances ; 7. Sexual Murder-Perpetrators: Lifecourse, Orientations and Cognitions ; MURDER OF OLDER WOMEN ; 8. The Knowledge-Murder of Older Women ; 9. Murder of Older Women-The Murder Event: Relationships, Contexts and Circumstances ; 10. Murder of Older Women-Perpetrators: Lifecourse, Orientations and Cognitions ; 11. When Men Murder Women: Comparisons and Conclusions ; Appendices ; APPENDIX I - MURDER STUDY ; - Data Collection and Analysis - Casefiles and Interviews ; I.1. Casefiles - Data collection instrument & codebook for SPSS (list of contents only) ; I.2. Interview Schedule - Cover page including list of topics only ; I.3. Casefiles - Variable Specification for SPSS xx 1.4. Nud*ist/QSR - Nodes/Categories (Qualitative Data from Casefiles and Interviews) ; APPENDIX II - MURDER STUDY ; - Casefiles - Achieved Sample & Murder of Women by Men ; APPENDIX III - INTIMATE PARTNER MURDER (IPM) ; APPENDIX IV - SEXUAL MURDER (SexM) ; APPENDIX V - MURDER OF OLDER WOMEN (O.Wo) ; Notes (for all chapters) xx ; References xx ; Index

When Men Murder Women is a valuable addition to research in the area of social change including prevention, interventions, policies, and practices to combat violence against women. The social work profession and related fields such as the criminal justice system and educational institutions can gain valuable information and awareness in understanding the cognition, life events, and impulses of men who murder women.