Meneghel Stela Nazareth, Margarites Ane Freitas
Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil.
Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brasil.
Cad Saude Publica. 2017 Dec 18;33(12):e00168516. doi: 10.1590/0102-311X00168516.
Femicide is the murder of women as the result of gender inequalities. It is the most extreme form of violence against women. The theoretical and methodological frame of reference used in this study was patriarchy theory and critical discourse analysis. We analyzed the discourses from 64 police inquiries categorized as femicides in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, from 2006 to 2010. The victims were mostly poor young women living in outlying areas of the city with high rates of prostitution and women murdered by the drug traffic, deaths not routinely classified as femicides by the police. Many inquiries were shelved for purported lack of evidence, and many other cases were not even started. The discourse in the police reports often demeaned and blamed the victims, although some criticized the inequalities between men and women and identified the lethal effects of male chauvinism. Police inquiries are important sources for studying femicide in society, adding abundant information on the crimes' victims, perpetrators, and scenarios.
杀害妇女是性别不平等导致的女性被谋杀现象。它是暴力侵害妇女行为的最极端形式。本研究使用的理论和方法参照框架是父权制理论和批判性话语分析。我们分析了2006年至2010年在巴西南里奥格兰德州阿雷格里港归类为杀害妇女案件的64份警方调查报告。受害者大多是生活在城市边缘地区、卖淫率高的贫穷年轻女性，以及被毒品交易杀害的女性，这些死亡事件警方通常不按杀害妇女案件归类。许多调查因据称缺乏证据而搁置，还有许多其他案件甚至未立案。警方报告中的话语常常贬低并指责受害者，尽管有些报告批评了男女不平等现象，并指出了大男子主义的致命影响。警方调查是研究社会中杀害妇女现象的重要资料来源，能提供关于犯罪受害者、犯罪者及犯罪场景的丰富信息。
