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100			_aAbrahams,Naeemah et al _954735
245			_aSexual and non-sexual femicide in South Africa: Comparing two studies 2009 and 2017
260			_aInternational Sociology
300			_a39(3), May, 2024: p.351-369
520			_aSexual femicide, an abhorrent crime, is not well described and reported. The aim of the study was to describe sexual and non-sexual femicide in South Africa and compare the 2009 with the 2017 study presenting sociodemographic characteristics of victims, perpetrators, crime and forensic findings. The same retrospective study design using proportionate random sample of medico-legal laboratories were used. Sexual femicide was identified from autopsy and police reports. Findings show sexual femicide is not rare in South Africa. We estimated 451 (95% confidence interval: 366–533) sexual femicides in 2009 and 210 (95% confidence interval: 176–244) in 2017. Sexual femicides decreased by more than half from 19.1% in 2009 to 8.7% in 2017. We show an increase among younger women, those living in rural areas and strangers as perpetrators. Our dedicated studies show the value of documenting sexual femicides over time in a country with high levels of gender-based violence to assist development of theory-based prevention interventions. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/02685809241240971
650			_aSexual Femicide, Non-Sexual Femicide, South Africa, Sociodemographic Characteristics, Victims, Perpetrators, Forensic Findings, Retrospective Study, Medico-Legal Laboratories, Autopsy Reports, Police Reports, Crime Statistics, Gender-Based Violence, Rural Areas, Younger Women, Strangers as Perpetrators, Comparative Study, 2009 Study, 2017 Study, Prevention Interventions, Theory-Based Approaches. _954736
773			_aInternational Sociology
906			_aWOMEN
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