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Femicide

Young intimate femicide in Romania. Incidence and risk factors

Executive Summary

Objectives. This paper presents the results of the first research made in Romania on young intimate femicide cases committed between 2011 and 2015. The study aims to identify the incidence, risk factors and the particularities of the young intimate femicide from a South-East European country. Material and methods. In the definition area for ‘young intimate femicide’, there are included all cases of intentional murder of a woman aged between 15-25 years, both the victim and the offender being actual or former intimate partners. Information about the cases of young intimate femicide was extracted from the online media. The registration file for the young intimate femicide cases includes: data regarding the victim, the offender, and the murder. Results. A number of 184 cases of intimate femicide were committed in Romania between 2011- 2015, out of which 32 cases (17.4%) were committed against young women aged between 15 and 25 years old. On average, 6 young intimate femicide cases were committed per year. The number of women murdered in urban areas (59.4%) was higher than the number of young intimate femicide committed in rural areas (40.6%). Conclusions. This study confirms the results of other studies regarding young intimate femicide. The results of data analysis show that the young intimate femicide is the result of a relationship marked by violence against women. For most of the cases, jealousy associated with the suspicion of infidelity represented the main reasons for young intimate femicide.

Author(s)

Ecaterina Balica
The results of the present study confirm the information highlighted by other studies in Romania and different European countries regarding femicide in general or young intimate femicide. They show the fact that acts of violence have mainly been based on jealousy and the suspicion of infidelity, these two motivations being also identified in young intimate femicide (Glass et al., 2008) and in intimate femicide (Balica, 2018, in press; Balica, 2016a).

 

 


 

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