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A THEORY OF HOMICIDAL BEHAVIOR AMONG WOMEN *
Author(s) -
OGLE ROBBIN S.,
MAIERKATKIN DANIEL,
BERNARD THOMAS J.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
criminology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.467
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1745-9125
pISSN - 0011-1384
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1995.tb01175.x
Subject(s) - deviance (statistics) , anger , affect (linguistics) , general strain theory , psychology , social psychology , homicide , personality , criminology , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , juvenile delinquency , medicine , medical emergency , statistics , mathematics , communication
This theory explains the homicidal behavior of women in a variety of settings. Structural, social, and cultural conditions of modern societies generate strain for all women, which produces negative affect. Women tend to internalize negative affect as guilt and hurt rather than externalize it as anger directed at a target. This results in a situation analogous to overcontrolled personality, and results in low overall rates of deviance punctuated by occasional instances of extreme violence. The conditions found in long‐term abusive relationships and pre‐ or post‐partum environments are more likely to produce this result, but the theory is not limited to explaining female homicide in these settings.