RT Article
T1 The Judicial Interpretation of Intimate Partner Homicide in China: An Empirical Analysis of Sentencing Practice Between 2016 and 2021
JF Violence against women
VO 31
IS 14
SP 3728
OP 3755
A1 Han, Xiao
A1 Zhuang, Yao
A1 Mu, Yixuan
A2 Zhuang, Yao
A2 Mu, Yixuan
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1938251245
AB In recent years, China has endeavored to implement individualized sentencing for cases of intimate partner homicide (IPH), using both legal and extralegal factors, to protect potential female victims and female defendants. This study examines the factors influencing the sentencing of IPH, utilizing a sample comprising 921 cases from 2016 to 2021 on the China Judgments Online website. The results show that: (1) the legal factor “victim's fault” is the main reason for the leniency of sentencing for female defendants compared to male defendants; and (2) intimate partner relationships between defendants and victims can have a protective effect on sentencing.
K1 China
K1 judicial interpretation
K1 Empirical Analysis
K1 IPH
DO 10.1177/10778012241283494