Longitudinal Analysis of Australian Filicide Perpetration Trends: Filicide in Victoria, 1860–1920
The historical examination of filicide in Australia is limited and often focuses on case studies of maternal filicides. Longitudinal trends of Australian filicide offending have focused almost exclusively on the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Our study aims to fill a gap in Austral...
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Queensland University of Technology
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| author | Victoria Maria Nagy Georgina Rychner |
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| description | The historical examination of filicide in Australia is limited and often focuses on case studies of maternal filicides. Longitudinal trends of Australian filicide offending have focused almost exclusively on the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Our study aims to fill a gap in Australian criminological knowledge about filicide. Utilising prison and Supreme Court records from 1860 and 1920, we plot the extent of filicide offending by men and women in Victoria to create a more comprehensive picture of filicide perpetration. This study also tests whether identified motives and risk factors for filicide today can be applied to historical data, to make these data accessible to criminologists studying filicide in the twenty-first century. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7f71c2a232ea452e9e5beab92dfdb9902022-12-21T22:52:19ZengQueensland University of TechnologyInternational Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy2202-79982202-80052021-06-01102506610.5204/ijcjsd.16422107Longitudinal Analysis of Australian Filicide Perpetration Trends: Filicide in Victoria, 1860–1920Victoria Maria Nagy0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2041-1080Georgina Rychner1University of TasmaniaMonash UniversityThe historical examination of filicide in Australia is limited and often focuses on case studies of maternal filicides. Longitudinal trends of Australian filicide offending have focused almost exclusively on the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Our study aims to fill a gap in Australian criminological knowledge about filicide. Utilising prison and Supreme Court records from 1860 and 1920, we plot the extent of filicide offending by men and women in Victoria to create a more comprehensive picture of filicide perpetration. This study also tests whether identified motives and risk factors for filicide today can be applied to historical data, to make these data accessible to criminologists studying filicide in the twenty-first century.https://www.crimejusticejournal.com/article/view/1642filicidehistorical criminologyfemale offendingaustraliafathers |
| spellingShingle | Victoria Maria Nagy Georgina Rychner Longitudinal Analysis of Australian Filicide Perpetration Trends: Filicide in Victoria, 1860–1920 International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy filicide historical criminology female offending australia fathers |
| title | Longitudinal Analysis of Australian Filicide Perpetration Trends: Filicide in Victoria, 1860–1920 |
| title_full | Longitudinal Analysis of Australian Filicide Perpetration Trends: Filicide in Victoria, 1860–1920 |
| title_fullStr | Longitudinal Analysis of Australian Filicide Perpetration Trends: Filicide in Victoria, 1860–1920 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Longitudinal Analysis of Australian Filicide Perpetration Trends: Filicide in Victoria, 1860–1920 |
| title_short | Longitudinal Analysis of Australian Filicide Perpetration Trends: Filicide in Victoria, 1860–1920 |
| title_sort | longitudinal analysis of australian filicide perpetration trends filicide in victoria 1860 1920 |
| topic | filicide historical criminology female offending australia fathers |
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