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'''Uxoricide''' is the murder of one's wife or girlfriend. It can refer to the act itself or the person who carries it out. The killing of a husband is called [[mariticide]].
 
'''Uxoricide''' is the murder of one's wife or girlfriend. It can refer to the act itself or the person who carries it out. The killing of a husband is called [[mariticide]].
   
In the US in 2007, female victims made up 70%.<ref>{{cite web |title=Understanding Intimate Partner Violence |url=https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/ipv-factsheet.pdf |publisher=cdc.gov |accessdate=6 March 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306091503/https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/ipv-factsheet.pdf |archivedate=6 March 2016}}</ref>
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In the US in 2007, female victims made up 70%.<ref>https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/ipv-factsheet.pdf</ref>
   
 
FBI data from the mid-1970s to mid-1980s found that for every 100 husbands who killed their wives in the United States, about 75 women killed their husbands.<ref>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1745-9125.1992.tb01102.x</ref> However, wives were more likely to kill their husbands than vice-versa in some US cities including Chicago, Detroit and Houston.<ref>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1745-9125.1992.tb01102.x</ref>
 
FBI data from the mid-1970s to mid-1980s found that for every 100 husbands who killed their wives in the United States, about 75 women killed their husbands.<ref>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1745-9125.1992.tb01102.x</ref> However, wives were more likely to kill their husbands than vice-versa in some US cities including Chicago, Detroit and Houston.<ref>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1745-9125.1992.tb01102.x</ref>

Revision as of 14:19, 18 August 2020

Uxoricide is the murder of one's wife or girlfriend. It can refer to the act itself or the person who carries it out. The killing of a husband is called mariticide.

In the US in 2007, female victims made up 70%.[1]

FBI data from the mid-1970s to mid-1980s found that for every 100 husbands who killed their wives in the United States, about 75 women killed their husbands.[2] However, wives were more likely to kill their husbands than vice-versa in some US cities including Chicago, Detroit and Houston.[3]

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