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The chronic abuser and the hopeless offender: Two sides of the same coin of intimate partner homicide

Worldwide one in seven homicides involve the killing of an intimate partner. In the Netherlands this number is even higher: one in four homicides concern intimate partner homicides. But who are the offenders and victims of intimate partner homicide?

Pauline Aarten and Marieke Liem • April 25, 2022

Understanding Domestic Homicide: A Quick Overview of the Dutch Context

Intimate partner homicide has a grave impact on the co-victims, but also on society. Although the phenomenon has been studied worldwide, it remains unclear or contested as to what can be done to prevent the fatality of an (ex)partner.

Pauline Aarten and Christine Boelema Robertus • May 13, 2019

The Many Faces of Homicide: A 25-Year Trend Analysis of the Types of Homicides in the Netherlands

Macrolevel explanations of the homicide drop in many Western nations only tell half the story. The other half of the story demands that we zoom into the type of homicide.

Pauline Aarten • March 25, 2019