Resumen

GAMBETTA, Victoria  y  VANOLI, Sofía. Intimate femicide-suicides. Contributions to their causal explanation based on a reinterpretation of research on homicide-suicides. Rev. Cien. Soc. [online]. 2025, vol.38, n.56, e309.  Epub 01-Jun-2025. ISSN 0797-5538.  https://doi.org/10.26489/rvs.v38i56.5.

Based on a systematization of research on homicides followed by the perpetrator's suicide, this article reviews the main theories used by criminological literature to explain intimate partner homicides towards women where the perpetrator commits suicide. Although not originating from academic feminism, these contributions identify control, sexual ownership, and the construction of masculinity as central analytical categories. Therefore, they develop useful explanations for feminist research as they allow to conceptualize these incidents as intimate femicide-suicides and delve deeper into their causal mechanisms.

Palabras clave : femicide; suicide; intimate partner; theory; criminology.

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