Research
Women who kill their partners are often judged through “mad, bad or sad” stereotypes, review finds
PsyPost · By Eric W. Dolan ·
The Brief
- A systematic review covering about two decades of research examined how women who kill romantic partners are evaluated.
- The review finds media, jurors and judges often apply rigid gender stereotypes to these women.
- Findings were published in the journal Deviant Behavior, as reported by PsyPost.
Why it matters
The review documents how gender stereotypes may shape legal and media treatment of female defendants in intimate partner homicide cases, which matters for researchers studying criminal justice and gender bias.
Who’s affected
- criminologists and legal researchers
- journalists and media scholars
- jury and judicial system stakeholders
- #intimate partner homicide
- #gender stereotypes
- #criminal justice
- #media bias
- #systematic review
A systematic review of two decades of research indicates that women who kill their romantic partners are often evaluated through rigid gender stereotypes by the media, jurors, and judges. The findings, published in Deviant Behavior , suggest that defendants who do not conform to…
Timeline
PsyPost reports on the systematic review's findings
PsyPost – Psychology News
Women who kill their partners are often judged through “mad, bad or sad” stereotypes, review finds