TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Parricide, mental illness, and parental proximity: the gendered contexts of parricide in England and Wales
JO  - Violence against women
A1  - Miles, Caroline
A1  - Condry, Rachel
A1  - Windsor, Elspeth
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Parricide is underresearched in the UK, and the contexts of this gendered form of violence are poorly understood. Heide's typology provides an advanced understanding of parricide in the United States, where the majority of parent-killings involve firearms. This article develops a UK-based analysis of the contexts of parricide, combining national statistics with police case study data (n = 57) and case review data (n = 21). Our findings indicate that mental illness plays a key role, combined with a gendered context of "parental proximity" and the simultaneous responsibilization and marginalization of parent-victims (particularly mothers), supporting the need for feminist analyses of parricide.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1077-8012
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10778012221077127
ID  - ref1
ER  -