Keywords
uxoricide
homicide
domestic violence
risk.
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Abstract
Based on a systematic review of empirical studies published between 2000 and 2011, it is identified homicide risk factors against women in the context of couple relationships, from 17 researches in USA, Australia, Spain, the UK and Netherlands. In particular, it is analyzes and discusses findings regarding to the risk factors from the focus of the perpetrator, the victim, the couple relationship and its context. Finally, it is concludes the need to identify and determinate specific risk factors for the Latin American context, discussing about the impact of public policies on violence against women and its influence on the level of life risk they experience.This journal is registered under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License. Thus, this work may be reproduced, distributed, and publicly shared in digital format, as long as the names of the authors and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana are acknowledged. Others are allowed to quote, adapt, transform, auto-archive, republish, and create based on this material, for any purpose (even commercial ones), provided the authorship is duly acknowledged, a link to the original work is provided, and it is specified if changes have been made. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana does not hold the rights of published works and the authors are solely responsible for the contents of their works; they keep the moral, intellectual, privacy, and publicity rights. Approving the intervention of the work (review, copy-editing, translation, layout) and the following outreach, are granted through an use license and not through an assignment of rights. This means the journal and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana cannot be held responsible for any ethical malpractice by the authors. As a consequence of the protection granted by the use license, the journal is not required to publish recantations or modify information already published, unless the errata stems from the editorial management process. Publishing contents in this journal does not generate royalties for contributors.