@article{ref1,
title="Sororicides in Ghana: a study of homicidal aggression against sisters",
journal="International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology",
year="2019",
author="Adinkrah, Mensah and Jenkins, Ebony",
volume="63",
number="8",
pages="1265-1288",
abstract="Sororicide has received scarce attention in the homicide literature. This is particularly the case for sororicide incidents occurring in the nonindustrialized, non-Western world. To help address this gap in the literature and extend the study of sororicides, the current exploratory, descriptive study examined the major characteristics of 18 media-reported sororicides that occurred in Ghana from 1990 to 2017, including the sociodemographic characteristics of victims and offenders, victim-offender relationship, incident location, modus operandi, motive, and criminal justice outcomes. The results show that sororicide represents a minuscule proportion of all homicides that occur in the country annually. Brothers were overwhelmingly the perpetrators of sororicide, accounting for 17 of the 18 killings. The findings indicate that a substantial proportion of the sororicides occurred in the context of disputes over money, land, property, or inheritance. Two brothers killed sisters they suspected of maleficent witchcraft.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0306-624X",
doi="10.1177/0306624X18814169",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306624X18814169"
}