Evolution and study of a copycat effect in intimate partner homicides: A lesson from Spanish femicides.

<h4>Objectives</h4>This paper focuses on the issue of intimate partner violence and, specifically, on the distribution of femicides over time and the existence of copycat effects. This is the subject of an ongoing debate often triggered by the social alarm following multiple intimate par...

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Main Authors: José L Torrecilla, Lara Quijano-Sánchez, Federico Liberatore, Juan J López-Ossorio, José L González-Álvarez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217914