RT Article
T1 Masculinity and child homicide
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 36
IS 3
SP 396
OP 411
A1 Alder, Christine
A2 Polk, Kenneth 1935-
LA English
YR 1996
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1639656944
AB In this article masculinity and violence are explored through an examination of case studies of child homicides committed by men in Victoria, Australia between 1985 and 1994. The findings reveal a diversity of violent scenarios and a complexity in masculinity and its relationship to violence. They challenge the adequacy of universalistic representations of male violence as either an instrumental act, a means of accomplishing masculinity, or as an unpremenditated emotional act of rage and anger in response to a threat. In particular, the scenarios reveal both the complex and sometimes contradictory expectations of masculinities and the ways in which they are achieved differently in different situations
K1 Kindstötung
K1 Männliche Täter
K1 Australien