Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Clinical Research Center, Graduate Program in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Porto Alegre Medicolegal Department, Instituto Geral de Perícias do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
PLoS One. 2023 Mar 15;18(3):e0281924. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281924. eCollection 2023.
Female homicide is a global phenomenon with a higher prevalence in countries in Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Life expectancy in Brazil is compromised by the high risk of death from male and female homicides, a growing social problem. This study aimed to integrate different public datasets and describe the sociodemographic, criminal, and medicolegal characteristics of the homicides of girls and women occurring in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil, from 2010 to 2016. The data were obtained from autopsy reports, police reports, and records from crime scenes. During this period, there was a significant increase in overall standardized rates of female homicides (4.98 to 10.85), with a pronounced increase in non-gender-related deaths, especially due to urban violence, such as involvement in drug trafficking and other crimes and robbery resulting in death. Young (15-29 years of age), non-White women were the most affected. Increased female homicide rates due to non-gender-related factors is a new and worrying phenomenon in Brazil. Obtaining specific data on the profile of victims and characteristics of violence is a crucial step in facing the problem and directing public policies.
女性杀人是一个全球性现象，在亚洲、非洲和美洲的国家更为普遍。巴西的预期寿命因男性和女性杀人的高风险而受到影响，这是一个日益严重的社会问题。本研究旨在整合不同的公共数据集，并描述 2010 年至 2016 年在巴西南里奥格兰德州阿雷格里港发生的女孩和妇女杀人案的社会人口学、犯罪和法医特征。数据来自尸检报告、警方报告和犯罪现场记录。在此期间，女性杀人案的总体标准化率显著增加（从 4.98 增加到 10.85），与性别无关的死亡人数明显增加，特别是由于城市暴力，如参与贩毒和其他犯罪以及导致死亡的抢劫。受影响最大的是年轻（15-29 岁）、非白人女性。由于非性别因素导致的女性杀人率上升是巴西的一个新的令人担忧的现象。获得有关受害者特征和暴力特征的具体数据是解决问题和指导公共政策的关键步骤。
