The murder of women at the hands of their partner or ex-partner is a major social problem, many organizations are now turning to this problem of gender-based violence, the goal is to implement awareness-raising, education, prevention and treatment policies. The study of femicide types goes in this direction.
Psychology is developing more and better research projects on types of femicide, all this is an effort to eradicate this type of violence.
- In this sense.
- It is known that therapeutic treatments for men who commit such crimes so far have proved ineffective.
- This article is based on this study.
- The result of research by psychologist and criminologist Rael Aguilar Ruiz.
- Published in the digital edition.
- Council of Psychology of Spain.
- Infocop.
- In October 2018.
This valuable study reveals four profiles or types of femicides, their characteristics and possible therapeutic pathways applicable to each case; this research provides us with valuable data to ensure that therapeutic interventions perform better.
This research was based on the study of 237 convictions for femicide in Spain. The murders selected for the study were committed by men who suffered different mental changes at the time of committing femicide.
The study also considers the relationship between mental disorders and the degree of mental allocation. It also talks about the possible link between suicidal behavior and the breakdown of romantic relationship. The results of the study give us 4 profiles or types of femicide.
These are men who have certain mental disorders, but without apparent criminal danger, psychotic symptoms, bipolar disorder or delirant disorder are often present among the observed disorders.
These men had no history of out-of-family violence or marital conflict, nor would there normally be complaints from women in the year before the crime committed against them.
It seems that the murders were the result of acute attacks on his psychopathology and were not caused by jealousy or rupture.
This type of man has a history of violence, alcohol abuse and narcotics, has a history of violence inside and outside the family environment.
There appear to be both narcissistic and disocial personality disorders, but there seems to be no depression or anxiety disorders. They react violently to abandonment, or a moment of jealousy becomes a violent and unpredictable attack on women.
They suffer from severe depression and anxiety about the abandonment or end of a romantic relationship, although they do not have significant habits of alcohol or other drug use, usually have a history of violence against their partner.
Conflicts are common and there are many allegations of the victim in the year before the murder, as well as multiple suicide threats by femicide, these suicide threats coincide with the abandonment of the couple or the allegations that are imposed on him.
This fourth type of man seems to be most affected not by the abandonment of women, but by their exchange for another man. His motivation seems to come mainly from jealousy. Mental disorders associated with this type are usually mood disorders and neurotic disorders.
The report also shows several intervention strategies to follow when dealing with each type of femicide.
Future research usually focuses on femicide type 3, standardized, especially since this group has aspects and characteristics closer to conventional men than to the violent profile of a criminal.
Research based on this type would help to better understand the psychosocial factors that characterize murderous women, in this way progress could be made in early detection and, therefore, in the prevention of violence and homicide, as well as in improving the therapeutics related to femicide interventions.