Anna Kantanen

Anna Kantanen is currently a PhD student at the Department of History and Ethnology at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. In her doctoral thesis, Intimate Partner Homicides in Finland, she examines the characteristics and motivations of intimate partner homicides in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Her research interests include the history of crime, violence, marriage and family.

Research keywords: homicide, violence, intimate partner violence, 19th century, 20th century, Finland, history of marriage