Femicide: Psychosocial characteristics of the perpetrators in Turkey

Study
Asia and the Pacific

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Female homicides are widely prevalent in Turkey with a rising trend. The aim of this study is to identify gender role attitudes, childhood trauma histories, and individual characteristics of men who have been involved in femicide, and to compare them with men who do not exercise violence against women. Participants completed a Sociodemographic and Clinical Information form, Semistructured Interview form, and the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire. The case group was not significantly different than the control group in terms of any measured individual characteristics including childhood traumas, psychopathology, and gender attitudes. Our data indicate that only migration history may be linked to femicide. A unique psychopathology that could be related to being a femicide perpetrator was not identified. Migration and perception of gender roles stand out as factors that separate men who exercise violence from men who do not. 

External Authors

Şengül Tosun Altınöz
Ali Ercan Altınöz
Çisem Utku
Altan Eşsizoğlu
Selçuk Candansayar
Migration and gender role perception stand out as significant differences between men who commit femicide and men who do not. The finding that male violence is more related to domestic migration and gender role perceptions rather than factors such as education level, employment, being subjected to violence, or a psychopathology suggests that this kind of violence is more strongly related to characteristics of the society in which the individual lives, compared with the individual characteristics of the perpetrator.

 

 


 

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