title: Medico legal and epidemiological aspects of femicide in a judicial district of north eastern Italy.
abstract: Femicide is the intentional killing of a woman because she is female, and often occurs when there are pre-existing relations, intimate or otherwise, between the victim and the murderer. A retrospective epidemiological study was made of 34 female homicides recorded in a university departmental register of post-mortems, pertaining to a judicial district of about 700,000 inhabitants in north eastern Italy, during a 21-year period from January 1st 1993 to December 31st 2013. The temporal trend, the socio-demographic characteristics of victims and perpetrators, the circumstances surrounding the crime and the risk factors for femicide were studied with the aim of identifying and developing preventive strategies.
authors: Department of Medical and Biological Sciences, Section of Forensic Medicine University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
authors: Carlo
authors: C
authors: Moreschi
authors: Department of Medical and Biological Sciences, Section of Forensic Medicine University of Udine, Udine, Italy. Electronic address: ugo.dabroi@uniud.it.
authors: Ugo
authors: U
authors: Da Broi
authors: Department of Medical and Biological Sciences, Section of Forensic Medicine University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
authors: Valentina
authors: V
authors: Zamai
authors: Department of Medical and Biological Sciences, Section of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
authors: Francesca
authors: F
authors: Palese
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D057237:Criminals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D054041:Weapons; D014930:Women; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Femicide; Prevention; Risk factors