Filicidal women: Analysis from a psycho-legal perspective
Keywords:
Filicide, maternal filicide, homicide, child abuse, motivation, crime, punishable conduct
Abstract
This paper aims to identify if there is a psycho-juridical perspective of the crime of homicide of a mother towards her children (Filicide) and its main characteristics. It is a documentary review, in which 67 articles were selected between the years 2005-2017 in English and Spanish, databases such as; Science Direct, Redalyc, MedLine, PubMed, Scielo. As a result of this review we did not find any document that contains a legal psychology approach that addresses this crime. It was proposed to classify this punishable conduct according to two typologies in which the motivation of the aggressor and characteristics of the victim are considered, several gaps are considered in the laws, which intends to chart a way for investigations from this area, that can Contribute to the prevention and mitigation of this type of events and contribute to future public politics.
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McKee, A., & Egan, V. (2013). A case series of twenty one maternal filicides in the UK. Child abuse & neglect, 37(10), 753-761.doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2013.02.008.
Menick, D. M. (2010). Infanticide en Afrique: description et analyse d’un cas de filicide observé à l’hôpital Jamot de Yaoundé (Cameroun). Neuropsychiatrie de l'enfance et de l'adolescence, 58(5), 333-337.doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurenf.2009.11.003.
Moreno, C., & Cendales, R. (2011). Mortalidad y años potenciales de vida perdidos por homicidios en Colombia. Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 30(4), 342-53.
Mugavin, M. (2005). A Meta-Synthesis of Filicide Classification Systems: Psychosocial and Psychodynamic Issues in Women Who Kill Their Children. Journal of forensic nursing, 1(2), 65-72.doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-3938.2005.tb00016.x.
Spinelli, M. (2004). Maternal infanticide associated with mental illness: Prevention and the promise of saved lives. American journal of psychiatry, 161(9), 1548-1557.doi: https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.161.9.1548
West, S. (2007). An overview of filicide. Psychiatry, 4(2). 48.
Barone, L., Bramante, A., Lionetti, F., & Pastore, M. (2014). Mothers who murdered their child: An attachment-based study on filicide. Child Abuse & Neglect, 38(9), 1468-1477. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.04.014.
Bourget, D., Gracia, J Y Whitehurst, L. (2007). A review of maternal and paternal filicide. Journal of American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 35 (1): 74-82.
Calzada Reyes, A., Acosta Ymas, Y., Acosta González, M., Gómez Sánchez, V., & Caballero García, Y. (2014). Análisis de perpetradoras de filicidio: estudio de dos casos. Cuadernos de Medicina Forense, 20,1, 15-25. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S1135-76062014000100003
Campos, B. (2010). El Feticidio e Infanticidio femeninos. Nómadas. Revista Crítica de Ciencias Sociales y Jurídicas. 27.
Cárdenas, M y Jiménez, O (2018). Delito de filicidio por parte de hombres y mujeres: una revisión sistemática. Tesis de maestría no publicada. Universidad católica de Colombia. Colombia. https://repository.ucatolica.edu.co/handle/10983/19065.
Carruthers, G. (2016). Making sense of spousal revenge filicide. Aggression and violent behavior, 29, 30-35. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2016.05.007
Castaño-Henao, B. (2005). Trastorno mental y filicidio. Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatría, 1, 8.
Cervantes, C. (2012). Ser mujer en India: Alternativas para la eliminación del feticidio e infanticidio femenino. Seminario- Alternativas para las mujeres.
Código Penal. (2007). Ley 599 de 2000. Legis Editores S.A. Colombia: Bogotá.
Company, A., Pajón, L., Romo, J. & Soria, M. á. (2015). Filicidio, infanticidio y Neonaticidio: estudio descriptivo de la situación en España entre los años 2000-2010. Revista Criminalidad, 57 (3): 91-102.
Constitución política colombiana (1991). Asamblea Nacional Constituyente, Bogotá, Colombia, 6 de Julio de 1991
Decreto sobre armas y explosivos (1993). Decreto 2535 de 1993. Congreso de la república de Colombia
De la Espriella, R. (2006). Filicide: A Review. Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatría, 35(1), 71-84.
Debowska, A., Boduszek, D., & Dhingra, K. (2015). Victim, perpetrator, and offense characteristics in filicide and filicide–suicide. Aggression and violent behavior, 21, 113-124. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2015.01.011
Esbec, E. y Gómez-Jarabo (2000). Psicología forense y tratamiento jurídico-legal de la discapacidad. Madrid: Edisofer.
Friedman, S., & Resnick, P. (2009). Neonaticide: Phenomenology and considerations for prevention. International journal of law and psychiatry, 32(1), 43-47. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2008.11.006
Friedman, S., Cavney, J., & Resnick, P. (2012). Mothers Who Kill: Evolutionary Underpinnings and Infanticide Law. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 30 (5): 585-597. doi: 10.1002/bsl.2034.
González, D., & Muñoz-Rivas, M. (2003). Filicidio Y Neonaticidio: Una Revisión. Psicopatología Clínica Legal Y Forense, 3,2, 91–106.
Kalinsky, B y Cañete, O. (2007). El Filicidio: Una sistematización conceptual. Junín de los Andes: Centro Regional de Estudios Interdisciplinarios Sobre el Delito.
Krischer, M., Stone, M., Sevecke, K., Y Steinmeyer, E. (2007). Motives for maternal filicide: Results from a study with female forensic patients. International journal of law and psychiatry, 30(3), 191-200. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2007.03.003
Liem, M., & Koenraadt, F. (2008). Filicide: A comparative study of maternal versus paternal child homicide. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, 18, 166–176. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/cbm.695
Lysell, H., Runeson, B., Lichtenstein, P. & Längström, N. (2014). Risk Factors for Filicide and Homicide: 36-year National Matched Cohort Study. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 75 (2): 127-132. doi: 10.4088/JCP.13m08372.
Marchiori, H. (2000). Psicología Criminal. México: Editorial Porrúa.
McKee, A., & Egan, V. (2013). A case series of twenty one maternal filicides in the UK. Child abuse & neglect, 37(10), 753-761.doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2013.02.008.
Menick, D. M. (2010). Infanticide en Afrique: description et analyse d’un cas de filicide observé à l’hôpital Jamot de Yaoundé (Cameroun). Neuropsychiatrie de l'enfance et de l'adolescence, 58(5), 333-337.doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurenf.2009.11.003.
Moreno, C., & Cendales, R. (2011). Mortalidad y años potenciales de vida perdidos por homicidios en Colombia. Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 30(4), 342-53.
Mugavin, M. (2005). A Meta-Synthesis of Filicide Classification Systems: Psychosocial and Psychodynamic Issues in Women Who Kill Their Children. Journal of forensic nursing, 1(2), 65-72.doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-3938.2005.tb00016.x.
Spinelli, M. (2004). Maternal infanticide associated with mental illness: Prevention and the promise of saved lives. American journal of psychiatry, 161(9), 1548-1557.doi: https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.161.9.1548
West, S. (2007). An overview of filicide. Psychiatry, 4(2). 48.
Published
2020-11-17
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Cardenas Hernández, D. M. (2020). Filicidal women: Analysis from a psycho-legal perspective. Medicina Legal De Costa Rica, 37(2). Retrieved from //www.binasss.sa.cr/ojssalud/index.php/mlcr/article/view/169
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