Femicide and forensic pathology: Proposal for a shared medico-legal methodology
Femicide and forensic pathology: Proposal for a shared medico-legal methodology
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DOI：
10.1016/j.legalmed.2022.102170
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发表时间：
2022-11-05
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1.5
通讯作者：
De Lellis, Pietro
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作者：
Cecchi, Rossana;Masotti, Vittoria;De Lellis, Pietro
在以前的一项工作中，作者们提出了一个关于杀害妇女的医学法律定义，即由于不承认妇女的自决权而导致的谋杀。本文的目的是将拟议的定义应用于一组案件，以确定杀害妇女和杀害妇女的行为，并评估杀害妇女行为是否可以被视为一个独特的实体。对女性和男性凶杀案进行了比较，以评估共同和独特的特征。确定了杀害女性的行为，并与非杀害女性的女性谋杀行为进行了比较。结果进行了比较，在已发表的法医研究报告。性别与伴侣/前伴侣罪犯、性与室内杀人、性与窒息之间存在着显著的关联，因为死亡的动态出现了。据记录，在女性凶杀案中，室内凶杀和窒息以及伴侣关系的发生率较高。枪击、钝器伤和割伤在这两种类型的凶杀案中都有很好的代表性。在男性凶杀案中，最受影响的部位是背部和胸部，在女性凶杀案中，最受影响的部位是头部、乳房、耻骨和四肢。在比较女性凶杀案和女性凶杀案时，发现勒死作为有害手段与女性凶杀案和室内凶杀案之间存在正相关，男性凶杀案和女性凶杀案可以被认为是两种不同的受害者学现象。以杀害妇女为重点可以确定伤害和间接模式，这可能是具体谋杀的证据。需要更多的研究与标准化的数据收集来证实本文的理论。
In a previous work, authors have proposed a medico-legal definition of femicide as the murder due to the failure to recognize the right of self-determination of women. The aim of this paper was to apply the proposed definition to a cohort of cases to characterise femicides and female homicides and assess whether femicides can be considered a distinct entity or not. A comparison between female and male homicides was performed to assess common and distinctive features. Femicides were identified and compared to the cohort of non-femicide female murder. Results were compared to those reported in published forensic studies. Significant associations between female and male homicides were found for sex and partner/ex-partner offender, sex and indoor homicide and sex and asphyxia as dynamic of death emerged. A higher prevalence of indoor homicides and asphyxiation and of partner relationships were documented in female homicides. Gunshot, blunt injuries and cut wounds are well represented in both types of homicides. Most affected sites are back and chest in male homicides, and head, breasts, pubis, and limbs in female homicides. When comparing femicides and female homicides, a positive association between strangulation as harmful mean and a negative one between femicides and indoor homicides were found.Male and female homicides can be considered as two distinct victimological phenomena. Focusing on femicide allows to establish injuries and circumstantial patterns, that could represent evidence of a specific murder. More studies with a standardized data collection are needed to corroborate the theory of this paper.