OBJETIVO: Conhecer o perfil das mulheres que formalizaram ocorrência policial em
delegacia especializada e identificar as formas de violência sofrida. MÉTODOS: Trata-se de …

Background It is estimated that a majority of intimate partner violence (IPV) victims suffer
from blunt force to the head, neck and the face area. Injuries to head and neck are among …

Context Against the backdrop of a high prevalence rate of femicide across Africa, it is crucial
to gain methodological insights into the existing research on femicide. Objective To develop …

Femicide can be understood as a political term rather than a legal or medico‐legal one—its
contemporary use dates back to the late 1970s, when academics began to explore and …

Background To assess the prevalence of femicides in Italy over the last three years and the
potential long lasting effects of these traumatic events for the children of a woman who dies …

This book rethinks the way psychological knowledge of domestic violence has typically been
constructed. It puts forward a psychological perspective which is both critical of the …

Objectives Homicide rate is associated with a large variety of factors and therefore unevenly
distributed over time and space. This study aims to explore homicide patterns and their …

Femicide is defined as the killing of a woman by a man because she is a woman. The
incidence of femicide has increased over the past few years and accounted for 30.9% of all …

South Africa has a femicide rate that is six times the world average. Over 2,500 women aged
14 years or older are murdered every year, the majority of these women killed by an intimate …

Criminal death incidence of women varies between developed and developing countries,
and it has become a common public problem in almost every country. We do not have any …