Femicide; Eight Steps to Stop a Murder

BBC Ulster's Assume Nothing Radio Series

BBC Ulster's excellent series "Femicide; Eight Steps to Stop a Murder" discusses the Homicide Timeline, and references eight real-life domestic homicides, is still available on BBC Sounds. It provides a narrative of escalating patterns in coercively controlling intimate relationships, illustrating how dangerous they can be.

At least two women are murdered every week in the UK in a domestic abuse situation. Newspapers often call it a crime of passion. ‘He lost control’. But what if that’s not true? What if there was a blueprint that, if recognised, could save a woman’s life?

The Homicide Timeline contains eight stages that track the escalation of a controlling relationship from before a couple even meet right up to homicide. Families often say “I wish I’d known”. This programme will tell them the signs to look out for so that they do know, and can stop it.

The full eight part series, where each episode discusses each stage, can be found at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0hj410j

Or you can listen to a shorter single episode that condenses down the entire radio series into one 30 min episode : https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0029395