RT Article
T1 Femicide and Domestic Violence Against Women During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Israeli Case
JF Journal of contemporary criminal justice
VO 40
IS 2
SP 382
OP 396
A1 Yehuda, Limor 1973-
A2 Ein-Tal, Irit
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1887855637
AB This paper presents an empirical study of femicide and intimate partner violence (IPV) in Israel during 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to previous years. Studies worldwide found elevated IPV during 2020 and a mixed picture of femicide, as both increases and decreases were reported, depending on the country. In Israel, the media reported a growth in IPV and femicide. However, no comprehensive empirical comparison of femicide and IPV during the lockdown months in 2020 in comparison to previous years was conducted. The current study fills this gap, comparing the 2014–2020 period in terms of IPV and femicide to determine whether the first pandemic year was unusual in terms of femicide and IPV. Data were collected from news websites, the Knesset (Israeli parliament) report, and annual public police reports to break down case-by-case femicide reports. The findings show a growth in femicide and IPV in the pandemic’s first year, compared to 2019. However, compared to previous years, 2020 was not unusually high in terms of femicide. However, IPV was higher in 2020 than that in previous years. Hence, the media claims about the pandemic’s elevated risk of femicide and IPV are only partially true.
K1 Lockdown
K1 Domestic Violence
K1 Violence against women
K1 Femicide
K1 Covid-19 Pandemic
DO 10.1177/10439862241245889