Citation

McNamara PM. J. Fam. Stud. 2008; 14(2-3): 198-216.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Informa- Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.5172/jfs.327.14.2-3.198

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Australian women killed by their partners have often been understood to come from backgrounds of poverty and marginalization. However, it has become clear that a number of more affluent women also fall victim to intimate partner homicide. Notwithstanding their socio-economic status, it seems that women victims of lethal violence lack the power to protest. This paper describes qualitative case study research with middle-class women friends' of a victim of intimate partner homicide. These women are determined to 'give voice' to their friend; they explore how they relate differently now to issues of gender, power and violence within the family and in the community. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) (journal abstract)