Abstract
This article presents the results of a death review study of 34 cases of femicide in the Federal District, Brazil, between 2016 and 2017. The aim of the study is to analyse how primary, secondary and tertiary prevention policies could have enhanced the prevention of these particular femicides. The study uses a mixed-method research design to analyse the judicial and health files of victims and perpetrators, supplemented by semi-structured interviews with surviving relatives. The findings highlight the need for an intersectional approach to gender, race, class and migration status in prevention policies; better risk assessment and management; enhanced women’s reporting of domestic violence earlier; and better integration of the justice system with psychosocial services. The increase of violence against women during the COVID-19 pandemic strengthens the need for an integrated approach to the prevention of lethal gender violence. This paper provides an original contribution to better comprehend the profile of femicide victims and perpetrators with a view on how to improve prevention policies in Brazil.
Highlights
Violence against women is a complex, multi-causal phenomenon that affects all social classes
Prevention policies need to be tailored to specific local contexts that can account for the heterogeneity of cases encountered in death reviews (Dawson 2017)
This article presents the results of death review research on femicides in the Federal District, Brazil, between 2016 and 2017, with the goal of analysing the circumstances and background of femicides for the development of prevention policies
Summary
Violence against women is a complex, multi-causal phenomenon that affects all social classes. The first part of this article presents the methods of the primary research It is followed by a general presentation of Brazilian policies for preventing violence against women. It discusses the data on the femicides analysed by the study and its implications for the importance of primary, secondary and tertiary public policies of preventing gender violence. Each of these three sections is illustrated with a case study, using a pseudonym name for the victim. The final part discusses aggravation of the risk of femicide during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the policies adopted in Brazil during 2020
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