Evolution and study of a copycat effect in intimate partner homicides: A lesson from Spanish femicides.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This paper focuses on the issue of intimate partner violence and, specifically, on the distribution of femicides over time and the existence of copycat effects. This is the subject of an ongoing debate often triggered by the social alarm following multiple intimate partner homicides (IPHs) occurring in a short span of time. The aim of this research is to study the evolution of IPHs and provide a far-reaching answer by rigorously analyzing and searching for patterns in data on femicides.

Methods

The study analyzes an official dataset, provided by the system VioGén of the Secretaría de Estado de Seguridad (Spanish State Secretariat for Security), including all the femicides occurred in Spain in 2007-2017. A statistical methodology to identify temporal interdependenc

SUBMITTER: Torrecilla JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6553786 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature