Montjoy
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Sickening, albeit unsurprising. I think this is important research. Aside from the hypotheses forwarded in this article, I suspect that victim-blaming is at play. We have often seen here how powerful a sentiment it is.
"The research, being published in the journal Current Sociology, finds that men who kill their wives, girlfriends or other female family members are handed shorter prison terms than men who kill strangers. In fact, according to the findings, men who kill women they know are treated more leniently at most stages of the criminal-justice process, such as facing fewer charges of first-degree murder."
""This may mean that women killed by male partners are still seen as property and, as such, these femicides are not treated as seriously as other femicides," the study states."
From:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/men-femicide-kill-female-partners-sentencing-1.3330171?cmp=rss
"The research, being published in the journal Current Sociology, finds that men who kill their wives, girlfriends or other female family members are handed shorter prison terms than men who kill strangers. In fact, according to the findings, men who kill women they know are treated more leniently at most stages of the criminal-justice process, such as facing fewer charges of first-degree murder."
""This may mean that women killed by male partners are still seen as property and, as such, these femicides are not treated as seriously as other femicides," the study states."
From:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/men-femicide-kill-female-partners-sentencing-1.3330171?cmp=rss