摘要：This article reviews the state of the art of qualitative research on femicide, which, until the publicationof this Special Issue, has been extremely sparse. The paper mentions some of the limitations of thequalitative approach, such as time consumption, ethical liabilities, and non-generalizability. However,it advocates qualitative research because of its advantages in capturing the context, describing theexperience, identifying the motives, highlighting the relationship between perpetrator and victim,identifying the risk factors, and suggesting apt policies. The article concludes by cautiously recommendinga mixed-/merged-methods approach, which, in turn, depends upon the research questionand has its own inherent disadvantages.
