Gillis A R
University of Toronto.
AJS. 1996 Mar;101(5):1273-1305. doi: 10.1086/230823.
This article suggests that the growth of European states, the decline of familism, and the rise of individualism generated the institutionalization of judicial separation and divorce. Time-series analyses of France (1852-1908) reveal a persistent negative association between separation/divorce and domestic homicide, especially among males. Neither indicators of economic change nor trends in the wider pattern of violent crime account for the relationship. Although marital dissolution is a negative correlate of premeditated domestic homicide, the rate of separation/divorce is directly associated with spontaneous domestic homicide, for both females and males and may indicate that abandoned spouses can become homicidal.
本文认为，欧洲国家的发展、家庭主义的衰落以及个人主义的兴起导致了司法分居和离婚的制度化。对法国（1852 - 1908年）的时间序列分析显示，分居/离婚与家庭内部凶杀案之间存在持续的负相关，尤其是在男性中。经济变化指标和更广泛的暴力犯罪模式趋势均无法解释这种关系。虽然婚姻解体与有预谋的家庭内部凶杀案呈负相关，但分居/离婚率与自发的家庭内部凶杀案直接相关，对男性和女性都是如此，这可能表明被遗弃的配偶可能会杀人。
