Profile of female deaths by homicide in the city of Goiânia

Abstract

Objectives: to identify the female homicide profile in the city of Goiânia. Methods: a cross-sectional, descriptive study that characterized female deaths by homicide from 2008 to 2015. They occurred in Goiânia, and registered in the Mortality Information System. Cases of homicide of women aged ≥ 10 years were eligible. Other causes of death were excluded. Descriptive statistical analysis with frequencies. Results: three hundred seventy-six women died from assault, with an increase in the percentage of deaths annually. Most of the victims were young (57.5%), single (78.8%), mixed-ethnicity (61.1%) and with low education (58.4%). The most frequent means of assault was firearm (64.0%). The health districts with the highest record of female deaths due to assault were southwest, center and northwest. Conclusions: the predominant profile of women victims of femicide was young, mixed-ethnicity, single, with low level of education and living in less favored regions.

Women Abused: Analysis of Assistance Provided by Urgency Mobile Service

“…This hostility can erupt at any moment and in any place. Research shows that on weekdays and at night, the prevalence is greater [29,39], while others point to weekends as the highest risk days for women [40,41]. Women in our study had fewer insults on weekends and greater aggression at night, although many of them experienced physical violence at all hours of the day.…”

From intimate partners to serial killers: Nearly 40 years of female homicides in King County, Washington (1978–2016)

“…Though recognized as important, particularly in the setting of IPV, relatively little attention has been given to specifically explore female homicide victims in the literature. This study provides a comprehensive review of all deaths of females in King County, Washington, due to homicide over a period of almost four decades-representing one of the longest study periods specific to homicidal female deaths [11][12][13], covering the entire life spectrum, and not restricted to one modality [14], IPV [15][16][17], location of assault [18], or a subset of females [19][20][21][22]. It is the first of its kind to be conducted not only in the state of Washington but in the United States and is the first to link information from a Medical Examiner's or Coroner's Office with that of the local legal system that shares jurisdiction over unnatural deaths.…”