Victimiologic study of female homicide

Female homicide is one of the leading causes of injury deaths in women. In most of such killings, spouses are usually involved because of one or the other reason. The purpose of the study is to identify the risk factors and nature of violence from victimologic point of view in female homicide. Infor...

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Published in:Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) Japan), 2004-07, Vol.6 (3), p.151-156
Main Authors: Mohanty, Manoj Kumar, Panigrahi, Manoj Kumar, Mohanty, Sachidananda, Das, Srimanta Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Asphyxia - epidemiology
Asphyxia - mortality
Blunt weapons
Burns - epidemiology
Burns - mortality
Child
Child, Preschool
Cohort Studies
Dowry deaths
Female
Female victims
Forensic Medicine - statistics & numerical data
Head Injuries, Closed - epidemiology
Head Injuries, Closed - mortality
Homicide
Homicide - statistics & numerical data
Humans
India - epidemiology
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Middle Aged
Poisoning - epidemiology
Poisoning - mortality
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
Spouse Abuse - mortality
Spouse Abuse - statistics & numerical data
Spouses - statistics & numerical data
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Summary:Female homicide is one of the leading causes of injury deaths in women. In most of such killings, spouses are usually involved because of one or the other reason. The purpose of the study is to identify the risk factors and nature of violence from victimologic point of view in female homicide. Information was obtained by interviewing the accompanying persons, postmortem examination and perusal of hospital records. There were 39 female victims of total 162 homicide. The peak age of the female homicide victim was 3rd decade. The victims were most frequently killed by their spouses. Argument (33.3%) and dowry (30.7%) were the most frequent reasons behind the crime. Majority of victims (84.6%) were killed in their home. Fatal wound is most frequently seen in head and defense wound is present only in nine cases. Considering sociological aspect of victim, 82% of the victims were from Hindu religion, majorities of them were married, illiterate, and drawn from low-socioeconomic status and rural community.
ISSN:1344-6223
1873-4162
DOI:10.1016/j.legalmed.2004.05.001