This article discusses the research on 2015 to 2019 census data of femicide cases in Hong Kong. The authors call for a systematic empirical analysis of femicide in the country, as 38 femicide cases were coded and analyzed during the census study. Codes included 17 variables that included perpetrators and victims. The article argues that although the study does not include a large portion of cases, they found patterns in the femicide’s sociocultural diversity, including femicide-suicide, women over the age of 60, a large number of foreigners as victims. The article includes a recommendation of Hong Kong policy changes that would aid the stop to femicide. 

The authors argue that femicide is largely related to family matters, as many cases involve relatives or intimate partners as perpetrators. Furthermore, it is discussed that femicide should be distinguished from other types of homicide. Femicide exists within a patriarchal society where women have been oppressed, calling for a gender-specific framework when analyzing femicide as a criminal phenomenon. Femicide rates vary across countries, meaning that the crime is diverse depending on the context of the sociocultural landscape where each case of femicide takes place. 

For example, in Arab the femicide cases involve victims who are significantly younger than those in Western countries. The perpetrators are most often the extended family members of the victims, whereas in the West it is most often the victim's intimate partner. In contrast, cases in Ghana have been most often older women, due to the beliefs of witchcraft accusations where victims are stoned and lynched. The article argues that femicide is much more complex than the majority of the research conducted thus far in the West.