@article{ref1,
title="Spousal homicide",
journal="Juristat",
year="1994",
author="Wilson, Mark and Daly, M.",
volume="14",
number="8",
pages="1-14",
abstract="This paper examines patterns in spousal homicide in Canada between 1974 and 1992.  Among the findings highlighted in this paper are: spousal homicide rates have remained stable with an average of 17 victims per million couples per annum over the period 1974-92; there is a substantial variation in provincial spousal homicide rates, with the lowest rates in the Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island and the highest rates in the western provinces and territories; about 3.2 women have been killed by their husbands for each man killed by his wife; a married woman was 9 times as likely to be killed by her spouse as by a stranger over the period 1974-92; the rate of husbands killing wives is elevated in the aftermath of separation; risk of spousal homicide is greater in common-law marriages than in registered marriages for both women and men.  Killings of spouses constitute a significant aspect of Canadian homicide: the 1886 women and men killed by spouses between 1974 and 1992 represent 15% of all Canadian homicide victims, 38% of adult female victims and 6% of adult male victims.  This analysis highlights a number of factors associated with variations in the statistical incidence of homicide, including age and age disparity, registered vs. common-law marital status, separation vs. co-residency, and region.  The relevance of a woman's youth may reflect short marital duration, childlessness, economic circumstances and, or other correlates of youth rather being an effect of youth per se.<p /> <p>Language: fr</p>",
language="fr",
issn="0715-271X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}