When Men Murder Women

Abstract

Comparisons across all four types of murder include male-male murders and the three types of murders of women reveal similarities in the backgrounds of the perpetrators regardless of whether the victim was a man or a woman. However, the differences between men who murder other men and those who murder women are associated with issues relating to gender. In particular, problems in relationships with women, previous violence against women, an extreme sense of entitlement relative to women, and intimate relationships and sexual encounters that these orientations. The implications of these findings for assessing and managing the risk of such men are discussed with respect to men who have murdered and are in prison. Also discussed, are various interventions for men who have committed nonlethal violence against women with an aim of preventing violence against women.

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