Domestic and Family Violence Related Deaths

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract/Description

a) Objective: Domestic and family violence (DFV) is notoriously difficult to measure, with different methods yielding disparate claims about its nature, distribution, and outcomes. Deaths in the context of domestic and family violence provide a valuable and underutilised source of information about the dynamics, distribution, risks, and responses to DFV cases due to the comprehensive information often available to understand them. This panel examines lethality in the context of DFV from multiple perspectives to provide a broad, evidence-based overview of the landscape of domestic and family violence-related fatalities. It gives suggestions for improving understanding of this most serious violent crime.
b) Data/Methods: The papers address intimate partner homicide, filicide, parricide, collateral killings, and responses to them to illuminate the landscape of DFV more fully. The papers use multiple methods and examine data from three countries.
c) Results: This panel provides an evidence-based overview of the landscape of domestic and family violence-related fatalities and suggestions for improving data collection on this most serious crime.
d) Conclusions/Implications: Domestic and family violence-related deaths provide unique resources for understanding domestic and family violence and should be included in discussions about the nature, distribution, risks, and responses to DFV.

Sub Unit

• Area III. Types of Offending / 13. Family and Intimate Partner Violence

Individual Presentations

• Understanding Lethal Domestic Violence - Molly Dragiewicz, Griffith University

• Using Homicide Index Data to Examine the Contexts of Parricide in England and Wales - Rachel Condry, University of Oxford; Caroline Miles, University of Manchester

• The Impact of Gender and Race on Criminal Justice Outcomes Among Parents Convicted of Child Homicide in Oklahoma - Lisa Nichols, University of Northern Colorado

• Officer Use of Deadly Force in Domestic-related Incidents: A Comparative Analysis - Megan Alderden, DePaul University; Kayla Freemon, DePaul University

Chair

• Molly Dragiewicz, Griffith University

Organized by a Division or external group?

Division on Feminist Criminology