@article{ref1,
title="So long as they both shall live: marital dissolution and the decline of domestic homicide in France, 1852-1909",
journal="American journal of sociology",
year="1996",
author="Gillis, A. R.",
volume="101",
number="5",
pages="1273-1305",
abstract="This article suggests that the growth of European states, the decline of familism, and the rise of individualism generated the institutionalization of judicial separation and divorce. Time-series analyses of France (1852-1908) reveal a persistent negative association between separation/divorce and domestic homicide, especially among males. Neither indicators of economic change nor trends in the wider pattern of violent crime account for the relationship. Although marital dissolution is a negative correlate of premeditated domestic homicide, the rate of separation/divorce is directly associated with spontaneous domestic homicide, for both females and males and may indicate that abandoned spouses can become homicidal.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0002-9602",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}