The narrative of subjects deprived of liberty for their crimes of femicide. Rehabilitation center Palmasola. Santa Cruz-Bolivia

Abstract

Feminicides do not stop replicating throughout Bolivia, accounting for their multidimensional complexity and the structural deficiencies that accompany their prevention and approach. A good part of the public policies and investigations focus on women victims of violence, neglecting the aggressors and possible feminicides. For this reason, the purpose of the study is to determine the motivation for the passage to the femicide act of subjects deprived of liberty belonging to the Santa Cruz Rehabilitation Center who have committed the crime of femicide or attempted femicide against their partners. For this, a case study was carried out that had 10 subjects as a sample, selected from 25 judicial files. Among the results, the fact that most of the feminicides are early adults without completed schooling, who are engaged in empirical trades, stands out. They have a concubinage relationship with their victims followed by circumstantial relationships. Most of the crimes have been committed in private homes, using sharp objects, followed by strangulation. Alcohol use was found in half of the cases. In the conclusions it has been possible to determine that the motivators of the femicide act have to do with feelings of possession and jealousy, followed by escalations of violence that begin with discussions and end with serious physical attacks, often reinforced by the consumption of alcohol.