Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.22514/SV141.052018.12
Murdered women’s children: A social emergency and gloomy reality
PIETRO FERRARA
; Institute of Pediatrics Catholic University Medical School L.go Francesco Vito, 1 00168, Rome, italy
FRANCESCA IANNIELLO
LORENZO SEMERARO
GIULIA FRANCESCHINI
LUCIA LO SCALZO
IDA GIARDINO
GIOVANNI CORSELLO
Abstract
Femicide, defned as the killing of females
by males because they are females, is becoming
recognized worldwide as an important
ongoing manifestation of gender
inequality. Actual or imminent separation,
abuser’s access to frearms, prior threats
with a weapon, prior threats to kill the
victim, a stepchild in the household, problematic
alcohol and illicit drug use, as well
as mental health problems, are associated
with a substantially higher risk of femicide.
Little is known about the number of
orphaned children who have instantaneously
lost both parents. Sparse attention
has been focused on children whose mother
was murdered: these are difcult cases
for child psychiatry teams. Decisions about
protection could be made by judges, the
police, social workers or ofcers that attend
victims, on the basis of empirical data
and not merely by using intuitive criteria.
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Hrčak ID:
200440
URI
Publication date:
1.6.2018.
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