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Direct linkShackelford, Todd K.; Mouzos, Jenny – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2005
Using a national-level U.S. database, T. K. Shackelford (2001) calculated rates of uxoricide (the murder of a woman by her romantic partner) by relationship type (cohabiting or marital), by ages of the partners, and by the age difference between partners. Women in cohabiting relationships were 9 times more likely to be killed by their partner than…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Males, Cultural Differences, Databases
