Abstract
This study contributes to the scant extant literature on spousal homicides in non-Western societies through the analysis of 29 legally married spouse homicides that occurred in Fiji over an 11-year period. The data show that husbands are six times as likely to kill a spouse as are wives and that sexual jealousy and suspicions of infidelity are the most common precipitating factor in uxoricides. A comparison of spouse homicides of males and females reveals that female-perpetrated spouse homicides differ significantly from those of males. The relatively high uxoricide rate is consequent on the prevalence of male-perpetrated conjugal violence in the society.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 215-240 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| Journal | Homicide Studies |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| State | Published - 1999 |