Table 1.

Six Homicide Types Representing the Combinations of Three Dichotomous Incident Characteristics: Offender’s Gender, Victim’s Gender, and the Victim–Offender Relationship.

Homicide Type	Offender’s Gender	Victim’s Gender	Victim–Offender Relationship	%	N
F-M IPH	Female	Male	Intimate partner	4.6	69
F-M	Female	Male	Other	3.3	50
F-F	Female	Female	Other	1.4	21
M-F IPH	Male	Female	Intimate partner	19.0	284
M-F	Male	Female	Other	9.4	141
M-M	Male	Male	Other	62.2	929
Total				100	1,494

Note. F-M IPH = female-perpetrated intimate partner homicide; M-F IPH = male-perpetrated intimate partner homicide; F-F = all-female killing; M-M = all-male killing; F-M = female–male not IPH; M-F = male–female not IPH.