Familicide, Gender and the Media

Denise Buiten is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Justice at The University of Notre Dame Australia, and a Senior Research Associate of the University of Johannesburg. Her research focuses on understanding gender-based violence and tracing the evolving discourses surrounding gendered violence in media, policy, and public debates.

“Denise Buiten’s Familicide, Gender, and the Media is essential reading for anyone interested in the intersection of gender, violence, and media. The book offers valuable insights that will benefit scholars, practitioners, and advocates alike, urging a more responsible and reflective approach to media narratives surrounding extreme forms of violence like familicide.” (Anne Wagner, International Journal for the Semiotics of Law, Vol. 37 (6), 2024)

• 1 Domestic and Family Violence: The emergence of a public issue.- 2 Fatal family violence cases in Australia, 2014-2019.- 3 The Gender Question: Contested framings of domestic violence and filicide.- 4 The Mental Health Frame: Mental illness as sense-making mechanism.- 5 Intersections: Disability, class, race and age.- 6 Towards a feminist understanding at the intersection of mental health and violence.