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... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > crimes and offenses > antisocial behavior > violence > motives for violence > aggression > murder > femicide
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... > social science subjects > psychology > developmental psychology > emotional and social development > aggression > murder > femicide
social science subjects > sociology > social problems > murder > femicide
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > victimology > victimology and crime prevention > personal offenses > femicide
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Preferred term

femicide  

Definition

  • Femicide, the murder of women, is a leading cause of premature death in the United States for women. Women in the United States are murdered by intimate partners (husband, boyfriend) or former partners approximately nine times more often than by strangers. [Source: Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention; Femicide]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-G97WKVHQ-R

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