@article{ref1,
title="Masculinity and child homicide",
journal="British journal of criminology",
year="1996",
author="Alder, C. and Polk, Kenneth",
volume="36",
number="3",
pages="396-411",
abstract="In this article masculinity and violence are explored through an examination of case studies of child homicides committed by men in Victoria, Australia between 1985 and 1994. The findings reveal a diversity of violent scenarios and a complexity in masculinity and its relationship to violence. They challenge the adequacy of universalistic representations of male violence as either an instrumental act, a means of accomplishing masculinity, or as an unpremenditated emotional act of rage and anger in response to a threat. In particular, the scenarios reveal both the complex and sometimes contradictory expectations of masculinities and the ways in which they are achieved differently in different situations.<p />",
language="",
issn="0007-0955",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}