Feminicide and Physical Violence Against Women: When Do These Crimes Occur?

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the occurrences of femicide and physical violence against women in the state of Santa Catarina -Brazil for months and years. To this end, a cross-sectional survey was carried out from 2014 to 2020, with secondary data from Police Reports and quantitative data to identify the months and years in which these crimes were more frequent and had higher numbers in Santa Catarina. After evaluating 289 notifications of feminicides and 154,376 notifications of physical violence, the results showed that the most frequent months of femicide occurrence were November and December and of physical violence were December and January. The year with the most notifications of femicide was 2020, showing that this type of crime continues to increase over the 7 years investigated. Therefore, it is necessary and urgent for the Brazilian State to assume its role of guaranteeing the fundamental rights of women, in order to eliminate any and all forms of gender-related violence.