Spouse Murder Defendants in Large Urban Counties
10/11/95
Approximately 1 in 3 spouse murder cases disposed in 1988 in the
Nation's 75 largest urban counties were sampled. More than half of
the Nation's murders occurred in these 75 largest counties. Of the
spouse murders sampled, 59% were husbands killing wives, and 41% were
wives killing husbands. This report discusses how State prosecutors,
judges, and juries handled these two types of murder cases and gives
specific case histories, describing each case and its outcome in
court.
Executive Summary: NCJ 156831 Acrobat file (44K) | ASCII text file (10K)
Fact Sheet: NCJ 156 Acrobat file (7K) | ASCII text file (5K)
Full report : NCJ 153256 Acrobat file (186K) ASCII text file (76K)