To assess the prevalence of femicides in Italy over the last
three years and the potential long lasting effects of these traumatic events
for the children of a woman who dies a violent death.
The data used in this study come from an internet search for
the number of femicides occurring in Italy between 1(st) January, 2012 and
31(st) October, 2014.
The total number of femicides was 319; the average age of
murdered women was 47.50 ± 19.26. Cold arms in the form of sharp object -mostly
knives- have caused the death of 102/319 women; firearms were used in 87/319
cases; asphyxiation was the chosen method in 52/319 cases. About the place
where the femicides occurred, 209/319 were committed inside the victim's house.
Children of women who died a violent death were 417 with a total of 180 minors
in less than three years. A total of 52/417 children were witness to the
killing and, among these 30/52 were minors; in 18/417 cases, children were
murdered together with their mother and among these 9/18 were minors.
Long-term studies are needed to ascertain what happens to
these children, to understand what are the most appropriate psychological
treatments, the best decisions about the contact with their father and the best
placement for these children.
Below: Cumulative number of femicides per year
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- 1Institute of Pediatrics, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
- 2Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy
- 3Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy
- 4Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy
- 5Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy
- 6Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy
- 7Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy.
- 8Institute of Pediatrics, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
- 9Institute of Pediatrics, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
- 10Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy
- 11Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy
- 12Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy.
- 13Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy
- 14Institute of Pediatrics, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
- 15Department of Pediatrics, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
- 16Institute of Pediatrics and Residency program, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
- 17Pediatric and Infectious Disease Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- 18Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother and Child Care, University of Palermo, Palermo
- 19Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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