TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Younger women incur excess risk of uxoricide by stabbing and other hands-on killing methods
JO  - Personality and individual differences
A1  - Mize, Krystal D.
A1  - Shackelford, Todd K.
A1  - Weekes-Shackelford, Viviana A.
SP  - 1120
EP  - 1125
VL  - 50
IS  - 7
N2  - 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.<p /> 
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SN  - 0191-8869
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2011.01.038
ID  - ref1
ER  -