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| Titel: |
Wife Killings Committed in the Context of a Lovers Triangle |
| Auteur: |
Shackelford, Todd K. Buss, David M. Weekes-Shackelford, Viviana A. |
| Verschenen in: |
Basic and applied social psychology |
| Paginering: | Jaargang 25 (2003) nr. 2 pagina's 137-143 |
| Jaar: |
2003-06-01 |
| Inhoud: |
The killing of women by their husbands poses an enigma for social scientists. Why do relationships presumably characterized by love sometimes result in death? A variety of hypotheses have been offered to explain this puzzling pattern. Among the most prominent are (a) sheer proximity and opportunity, (b) epiphenomenal by-products of a male psychology designed for coercive control of women, and (c) evolved mate-killing mechanisms. One way to test these hypotheses is to examine the contexts in which wife killings occur. We secured access to a homicide database that included 345 spouse killings perpetrated by husbands in the context of a lovers triangle, a context that signifies sexual infidelity. Results indicated that a woman's age, and hence reproductive status, predicts vulnerability to being killed in the context of a lovers triangle. Discussion focuses on alternative explanations for this finding, as well as findings not explained by existing theories of homicide. |
| Uitgever: |
Psychology Press |
| Bronbestand: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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