Homicide-Suicides in Romania

Statistical Data and Media Representations

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

This book examines homicide-suicides in a post-communist country in South-East Europe. It presents results regarding risk factors and particularities of homicide-suicides in Romania committed in the period 2002–2013.The author analyses statistical data from legal records, police registers, and online newspapers discussing the way in which the victims and aggressors of homicide-suicides are represented. She completed the data by investigating six penitentiaries in Romania regarding the risk factors specific to various types of homicide-suicide: intimate partner femicide-suicides, familicide-suicides, filicide-suicides and homicide-suicides committed by police officers.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-07-29
Mått:148 x 210 x 0 mm
Vikt:280 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:210
Förlag:Peter Lang AG
ISBN:9783631667224

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Ecaterina Balica is a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the Romanian Academy and the coordinator of the Laboratory "Violence and Crime. Prevention and Mediation". Her main research interests are: homicide, femicide, homicide-suicide, migration and crime, violent crime, and restorative justice.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction – Part I: Homicide-Suicides in an Eastern European Country: Romania – Homicide-Suicides in Romania: Incidence, Risk Factors and Particularities – Intimate Partner Femicides versus Intimate Partner – Femicide-Suicides in Romania – Intimate Femicide – Suicides. A Comparative Analysis of Eastern and Western European Countries – Filicide-Suicides and Familicide-Suicides – Part II: Homicide-Suicides and Online Media – Femicide-Suicides in the Romanian Online Media – Facebook Kills! A Case Study of Intimate Partner – Femicide-Suicides Between Romanian Emigrants – Media Representations of Homicide-Suicides Committed by Policemen.