Institute of Legal Medicine, Department of Law, University of Macerata, Macerata, Italy.
Womens Health (Lond). 2024 Jan-Dec;20:17455057241275437. doi: 10.1177/17455057241275437.
Femicide is a global phenomenon; yet there is no commonly accepted understanding of what counts as femicide. Different disciplines and approaches offer different definitions. Defining the term femicide is not only a purely lexical matter but also involves the aspect of data collection. Owing to the lack of a standardized definition, data collected by countries under this label are not comparable and cannot be used for global or regional estimates to provide an indication of the scale of this phenomenon. One tool to fight this silent war against women is certainly medical-legal diagnosis, with everything that the body of a victim of femicide can reveal. Autopsies are crucial; they can help differentiate between female homicide and femicide and the search for a formal, agreed-upon definition of femicide may be derived precisely from forensic pathology research and necropsy evidence. The autopsies performed and studies written on femicide cases are of extraordinary importance because they make it easy to identify which anatomical districts are most affected, which weapons are most frequently used, and where the bodies of victims of femicide are most often found. To curb this phenomenon, it is essential to act on several levels, starting with the national one. It is necessary to develop a data collection and processing system involving both law enforcement and forensic centers. It is also emphasized the relevance of creating a universal database that can be easily consulted, along the lines of the one that already exists in the United States.
女性杀人是一种全球性现象；然而，对于什么是女性杀人，并没有一个普遍接受的理解。不同的学科和方法提供了不同的定义。定义女性杀人这个术语不仅是一个纯粹的词汇问题，还涉及到数据收集的方面。由于缺乏标准化的定义，各国以此标签收集的数据不可比，也不能用于全球或区域估计，以表明这种现象的规模。打击这场针对女性的无声战争的一个工具当然是医学-法律诊断，因为女性杀人案受害者的身体可以揭示一切。尸检至关重要；它们可以帮助区分女性杀人案和女性杀人案，并且对女性杀人案的正式、商定定义的搜索可能正是源自法医病理学研究和尸检证据。对女性杀人案进行的尸检和研究具有非凡的重要性，因为它们可以很容易地确定哪些解剖区域受到的影响最大，哪些武器最常被使用，以及女性杀人案受害者的尸体通常在哪里被发现。为了遏制这种现象，必须在几个层面上采取行动，首先是在国家层面上。有必要建立一个涉及执法和法医中心的数据收集和处理系统。还强调了创建一个通用数据库的重要性，该数据库可以沿着已经在美国存在的数据库的思路，方便查阅。
