Femicide and the feminist perspective

Homicide Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 341-362

  Taylor, Rae ^a   Jasinski, Jana L ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

femicide; feminist theory; intimate partner homicide; intimate partner violence; violence against women

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053612302     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: 15526720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767911424541     Document Type: Article

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