Browsing Faculty of Community and Health Sciences by Author "Dekel, Bianca"
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Abused women's understandings of intimate partner violence and the link to intimate femicide
Dekel, Bianca; Andipatin, Michelle (Institute for qualitative research, 2016)In this article, we explore how women survivors of intimate partner violence understand the abuse they endured and the possible link to intimate femicide. This is a qualitative study based on a feminist poststructuralist ... -
Exploring adverse parent-child relationships from the perspective of convicted child murderers: A South African qualitative study
Dekel, Bianca; Abrahams, Naeemah; Andipatin, Michelle (Public Library of Science, 2018)Child homicide is the most extreme form of violence against children. Within South Africa, children face the highest risk of homicide by parents/caregivers. It is suggested that prolonged exposure to adverse relationships ... -
Exploring adversities among parents convicted of killing their children
Dekel, Bianca; Andipatin, Michelle; Abrahams, Naeemah Abrahams (PLOS ONE, 2020-07-22)Experiencing adversities has been associated with the use of violence but this has not been explored with filicide offenders in South Africa. Individual, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 22 parents/steppa ... -
Exploring the intersection between violence against women and children from the perspective of parents convicted of child homicide
Dekel, Bianca; Abrahams, Naeemah; Andipatin, Michelle (Springer Verlag, 2018)Violence against women and violence against children are distinct research fields. Quantitative studies have demonstrated their intersection, but qualitative data provides an opportunity for a comprehensive understanding ...