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Adult femicide victims in forensic autopsy in Taiwan: A 10-year retrospective study

open access: yes, 2017
Background: Violence against women and adult femicides are critical medico-legal issues worldwide. Intimate partner violence is one of the leading contributory risk factors.
華筱玲;李俊億   +1 more
core   +1 more source

When the home become a battlefield: Femicide and the national security of the Republic of Serbia [PDF]

open access: yesPolitika nacionalne bezbednosti
Femicide, as the most extreme form of gender-based violence, has been highlighted as a special social and security problem in the Republic of Serbia in recent years.
Topalović Milica, Kolarski Ljiljana
doaj   +1 more source

Gender, violence, and killing: Revisiting femicide, and the overlooked realities of male victimization

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract The term femicide, widely used in reference to the “killing of a woman because she is a woman,” has been questioned on the ground that it implies unequal dignity of men and women victims of gender related death. This position called for an analysis of the terminology used to describe and define the various forms of killing of women and men. We
Giuseppe Benagiano   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The femicide as a part of the culture of violence [PDF]

open access: yesTemida, 2016
In the paper femicide is analyzed as a gender-based violence whose origin is in feminicide. Feminicide is a term which designates social, cultural and ideological construction which survives in the continuity of institutional weakness.
Pavićević Olivera   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Firearms as a Market‐Driven Epidemic: Potential Pathways to Reduce Preventable Firearm‐Related Harm in the United States

open access: yesThe Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points For half a century, firearm‐related deaths and injuries have been endemic in the United States, with COVID‐19 contributing to a record high of 48,830 deaths in 2021, an epidemic rate increase. By 2023, national trends masked a significant 10‐fold difference in firearm‐related death rates among states.
ESZTER RIMÁNYI   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strategies for the prevention and eradication of femicide: Legal, institutional and societal dimensions, challenges and perspectives [PDF]

open access: yesPravni Zapisi
Femicide is commonly conceptualized and defined as the gender-based or gender-motivated killing of women. It is a global issue, prompting national states to implement legislative, policy and practical measures and actions to address it.
Jovanović Slađana, Ćopić Sanja
doaj   +1 more source

FEMINISTS VERSUS MONUMENTS? From Protests to Anti‐monuments in Mexico City

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the role of heritage spaces and monuments in the Historic Centre of Mexico City during ongoing feminist mobilizations. Feminists have claimed that the Mexican government is more concerned about protecting monuments and urban heritage than acting to prevent gender‐based violence and femicide.
Fernando Gutiérrez
wiley   +1 more source

De Stupro: First Insights on Rape and Its Prosecution in Maltese Courts (1701–10)

open access: yesJournal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article constitutes a first in‐depth investigation of rape and the prosecution of this crime in early eighteenth‐century Malta. The research, which is based on sixteen rape accusations claimed at the secular courts in Malta between 1701 and 1710, has analysed cases categorized as ‘simple rape’, ‘violent rape’ and rape committed under the ...
Vanessa Buhagiar
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating causes of femicide in Egypt: review

open access: yesEgyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences
Background Femicide is a fundamental human rights violation that compromises one’s life, liberty, and personal safety and impedes social and economic advancement.
Fatma Mohamed Hassan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Family dynamics, childhood trauma, and gender norms among men convicted of partner violence in Türkiye

open access: yesFamily Relations, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective This study explored the sociodemographic characteristics of men convicted of intimate partner violence (IPV), their childhood exposure to violence, gender norms, and the meanings they attribute to their use of violence. Background Guided by the ecological framework for understanding IPV, violence is conceptualized as the outcome of ...
Fatma Ayhan
wiley   +1 more source

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