RT Article
T1 The Killing of Women in “Sex Games Gone Wrong”: An Analysis of Femicides in Great Britain 2000–2018
JF Violence against women
VO 27
IS 11
SP 1840
OP 1861
A1 Yardley, Elizabeth
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/176714394X
AB This research investigated cases of femicide in Great Britain where perpetrators claimed that victims died in “sex games gone wrong.” Forty-three femicides that resulted in a conviction for murder, manslaughter, or culpable homicide were examined in relation to victim–perpetrator sociodemographic characteristics, victim–perpetrator relationship, homicide details, and criminal justice outcomes. Key patterns within the data were identified. The research highlights that the “sex game gone wrong” narrative has gained traction against a cultural backdrop of normalized bondage, domination, and sadomasochism (BDSM) within neoliberal political economy.
K1 rough sex
K1 Femicide
DO 10.1177/1077801220966956