Covering the release of the first Femicide Census report (2009-2015), Sarah Ditum picks up the challenge to the use of the phrase ‘isolated incident’, so often used by police in relation to men’s fatal violence against women. She looks at sex differences, noting that whilst homicide rates have fallen, femicide rates have remained stable. Ditum explores selective reporting that reveals which women are deemed valuable and which are not.
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