494 International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology Volume 54 Number 4 August 2010 494-516 © 2010 SAGE Publications 10.1177/0306624X09338379 http://ijo.sagepub.com hosted at http://online.sagepub.com Authors’ Note: The article is part of a thesis submitted by Ety Elisha on March 2007, under the supervision of Dr. Yael Idisis, Dr. Uri Timor, and Prof. Moshe Addad, as partial fulfillment of the requirements for her master’s degree in the Department of Criminology of Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel. Please address correspondence to Ety Elisha, Tiber 60/6, Givataim 53431, Israel; e-mail: e_elisha@zahav.net.il. Typology of Intimate Partner Homicide Personal, Interpersonal, and Environmental Characteristics of Men Who Murdered Their Female Intimate Partner Ety Elisha Yael Idisis Uri Timor Moshe Addad Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel Fifteen inmates from Ayalon prison, a maximum-security prison in Israel, who were convicted of murder, attempted murder, or manslaughter of their female intimate part- ner, have participated in a study designed to examine integrated variables—personal, interpersonal, and environmental–familial—connected with this phenomenon. Analyses of the in-depth interviews demonstrate that despite the different motivations the perpe- trators displayed with regard to the murder, they share some common themes. On the basis of these themes, three primary types of female intimate partner murderers have been identified; each of them represents a personal narrative as follows: the betrayed, the abandoned, and the tyrant. The proposed typology might be used for establishing a common language among researchers, scholars, and workers in this field. It can also contribute to the existing clinical tools in terms of prediction, prevention, and treatment initiatives that currently focus on violence. Keywords: spousal homicide; typology; murderer characteristics T he study of men who murdered their intimate partner, also called spouse homi- cide or uxoricide, has developed during the past 30 years following the increas- ing growth of these incidents in the United States, Canada, England, New Zealand, and Australia (Mercader, Houel, & Sobota, 2003; Palermo, 2002; Polk & Ranson, 1991; Wilson & Daly, 1992).