Jurik N C, Winn R
School of Justice Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe.
Violence Vict. 1990 Winter;5(4):227-42.
This study compares the patterns of homicides committed by women and men. Classic comparison studies of homicides by men and women suggest that each group kills in ways that are reflective of socially approved gender role behavior. More recently, however, research on women who kill suggests that they frequently do so in response to threats of violence by men. In contrast to the gender role and self-protection models of women's homicides, the liberation hypothesis suggests that patterns of women's violence will increasingly resemble patterns of violence by men. Based on our analysis of court records of 158 cases of homicides by men and women over a six-year period, we find little support for the liberation hypothesis and considerable support for the gender role and self-protection models. Compared to men, women more frequently kill intimates and kill in situations in which their victim initiated the physical aggression.
本研究比较了男性和女性实施杀人行为的模式。关于男性和女性杀人行为的经典比较研究表明，每组人的杀人方式都反映了社会认可的性别角色行为。然而，最近对女性杀人者的研究表明，她们杀人往往是对男性暴力威胁的回应。与女性杀人行为的性别角色和自我保护模式不同，解放假说认为女性暴力模式将越来越类似于男性暴力模式。基于我们对六年内158起男性和女性杀人案件法庭记录的分析，我们发现解放假说几乎没有得到支持，而性别角色和自我保护模式得到了相当多的支持。与男性相比，女性更频繁地杀害亲密关系者，并且在受害者首先发起身体攻击的情况下杀人。
