Femicide, Criminology and the Law

List of contents

Foreword
Preface
Part One: An Overview on Femicide
Chapter One: A Theoretical Overview on Femicide
Chapter Two: Empirical Criminological Insights on Femicide
Part Two: Femicide Subtypes
Chapter Three: A Crimino-Legal Perspective on Intimate Partner Femicide: The "Reasonable" Israeli Wife Killer
Chapter Four: (Dis)"honor" Femicide
Chapter Five: Femicide-Suicide
Chapter Six: Concealed Femicide: Feminist Theory and Circumstantial Evidence
Part Three: Femicide's Secondary-Tier Effects
Chapter Seven: Secondary Victims and the Implications of Femicide
Chapter Eight: Femicide Victims' Agency through Tort Law
Chapter Nine: Femicide, a Crime of Distinctive Nature
Appendix
Index

About the author

Hava Dayan conducts research in the field of criminal law and society, with a focus on gender and crime, at the School of Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of Haifa, Israel.
Yifat Bitton is President of Achva Academic College for Science and Education in Israel. She is a legal academic and social activist for equality.

Summary

This book offers an interdisciplinary perspective on femicide, using Israel as a case study. It offers a novel crimino-legal approach to femicide. The work extends its analysis to secondary victims of femicide and examines the applicability of second-tiered relevant legal tools, mostly tort law, as a means for gaining justice for the victims.

Product details

• Authors: Yifat Bitton, Hava Dayan, Hava Bitton Dayan, Dayan Hava
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.12.2022
• EAN: 9781032366876
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3236687-6
• No. of pages: 186
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; LAW / Criminal Law / General, LAW / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Gender & the law, comparative law, Legal aspects of criminology, Gender studies, gender groups, Violence in society, Social Law, Crime & criminology, Criminal justice law, Violence and abuse in society, Criminal law: Gender violence, Criminology: legal aspects, Law and society, gender issues, Violent crimes, Social law and Medical law