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The
required readings for this unit are:
Australia |
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Canada |
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Reading(s)
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Kent-Wilkinson,
A. (1996). Spousal Abuse / Homicide: A current issue
in health risk management. Journal of Psychosocial
Nursing and Mental Health Services, 34(10), 12-15.
Retrieved July 22, 2002, from ProQuest database.
- Note
the regulatory and non-regulatory risk management
measures that the city of Calgary applied to the
problem of spousal abuse and homicide.
Hilton,
N. Z., Harris, G. T., & Rice, M. E. (2001). Predicting
violence by serious wife assaulters. Journal of
Interpersonal Violence, 16(5), 408-423. Retrieved
December 31, 2002, from Academic Search Premier database:
http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=4362018&db=aph
- Note
the Violence Risk Appraisal Guide (VRAG), a validated
actuarial risk assessment tool for violent recidivism.
Assessing violence risk among wife assaulters is
receiving increasing attention in the literature,
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Russia
Gondolf, E. W., & Shestakov, D. (1997). Spousal
homicide in Russia. Violence Against Women, 3(5),
533-546. Retrieved December 31, 2002, from Academic
Search Premier database: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=9710184445&db=aph
- Describes
the role of social factors in the high rate of spousal
homicide and disproportionate female murders in
Russia. Social disorganization; Normative violence;
Gender inequality; Role of the status of women.
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United Kingdom |
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Reading(s)
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United States |
Required
Reading(s)
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Insert article here
Databases
For the full text article online,
sleuth the 'University
of Calgary/ Library/ Article Indexes':
Directions:
- Select
- Indexes and abstracts with links to full text articles
- Select
- Academic Search Premier or Expanded Academic ASAP
- Select
- Connect
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Fill in
User ID and Pin
- Fill
in search words:
spousal and homicide
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The
'recommended only' readings for this unit are the following:
Australia
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Recommended
Reading(s)
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Insert article/book/chapter
here
Canada
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Recommended
Reading(s)
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Kent-Wilkinson,
A. (1996). Spousal Abuse / Homicide: A current issue in
health risk management. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing
and Mental Health Services, 34 (10), 12-15.
- Note the
regulatory and non-regulatory risk management measures
that the city of Calgary applied to the problem of spousal
abuse and homicide.
Regehr, C.&
Glancy, G. (1995). Battered woman defense in Canadian courts.
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 40 (3), 130-135
- Note historically
how the battered woman syndrome defence came about.
International
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Recommended
Reading(s)
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Insert article/book/chapter
here
United Kingdom
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Recommended
Reading(s)
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Insert article/book/chapter
here
United States
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Recommended
Reading(s)
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Insert article/book/chapter
here
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Additional
references for this unit can be found in 'forensic
references'
of the forensic sourcebooks.
- Sleuth
'forensic reference' database for:
spousal - homicide
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Video's
recommended for this unit are:
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Resources
(Video)
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Insert video
here
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The
required websites to sleuth for this unit are the following:
Australia
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Resources
(Web)
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Insert website
here
Canada
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Resources
(Web)
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Lavigne, B. Hoffman,
L. & Dickie, I. (1997). Women who have committed homicide.
Correctional Service Canada, 9 (2), 25-28.
http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/text/pblct/forum/e092/e092e.shtml
- Note this
research specifically looks at homicide committed by women
in Canada (Lavigne, Hoffman & Dickie, 1997, p. 25).
International
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Resources
(Web)
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Insert website
here
United Kingdom
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Resources
(Web)
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Insert website
here
United States
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Resources
(Web)
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Insert article
here
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For
additional websites on this unit, sleuth 'forensic
websites' in the forensic sourcebooks.
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Topic
B - Forensic Psychiatry > Section B.6.0. Forensic Concepts > Unit.B.6.3.
Spousal Homicide
