Citation

Mize KD, Shackelford TK, Weekes-Shackelford VA. Pers. Individ. Dif. 2011; 50(7): 1120-1125.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.paid.2011.01.038

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Uxoricide is the killing of a woman by her husband. Younger, reproductively valuable women, relative to older women, are at an increased risk of uxoride. The purpose of the current research is to investigate in a sample of over 17,000 uxoricides whether the percentage of uxoricides by stabbing and other hands-on killing methods varies as a function of the wife's reproductive status (as indexed by her age) and the husband's age. The results indicate that, relative to older, post-reproductive age women, reproductive age women are more likely to be killed by hands-on killing methods. Competing explanations for the findings are examined in the discussion.