Gender Differences in Intimate Partner Homicides Among Ethnic Sub-Groups of Asians

Bushra Sabri; Jacquelyn C Campbell; Firoza Chic Dabby

doi:10.1177/1077801215604743

Gender Differences in Intimate Partner Homicides Among Ethnic Sub-Groups of Asians

Violence Against Women. 2016 Mar;22(4):432-53. doi: 10.1177/1077801215604743. Epub 2015 Sep 21.

Authors

Bushra Sabri¹, Jacquelyn C Campbell², Firoza Chic Dabby³

Affiliations

¹ Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA bushrasabri@gmail.com.
² Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
³ Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Abstract

This study explored differences in intimate partner homicides (IPHs) among Asian Americans. Data from newspapers and femicide reports by different state coalitions on 125 intimate partner killings occurring between 2000 and 2005 were analyzed. Men were the perpetrators in nearly 9 out of 10 cases of Asian IPHs. Gender differences were found in ages of victims and perpetrators, types of relationship between partners, and methods of killing. Most homicides occurred among South-east Asians, and East Asians had the highest within-group proportion of suicides. The findings call for culturally competent risk assessment and intervention strategies to prevent IPHs among at-risk Asian Americans.

Keywords: Asians; gender differences; homicide-suicides; homicides; intimate partner violence.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Adult
Asian / statistics & numerical data*
Crime Victims / statistics & numerical data*
Criminals / statistics & numerical data*
Female
Homicide
Humans
Intimate Partner Violence / ethnology*
Male
Middle Aged
Sex Factors
United States / epidemiology

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

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