Rasgos del perfil criminológico de los feminicidas en el contexto latinoamericano

Abstract

Femicide is a problem that has been recorded after the discrimination of the role that women play in society, a situation that has led to the death of hundreds of them. Therefore, establishing criminal profiles of the perpetrators of feminicide has become a crucial issue as support for the development of judicial actions and its prevention. Thus, this research aimed to understand the features of the criminological profile of feminicides in the Latin American context through a qualitative - theoretical methodology, which allowed the selection and analysis of research articles from the last 5 years on feminicide. and the criminological profile in Latin America in Spanish, English and Portuguese. Within the results of this review article, it is evident that in the majority of femicides the perpetrator is someone who has maintained close contact with the victim where there is also a history of uncontrollable jealousy, impulsiveness, use of hallucinogenic drugs, among other elements. that must be kept in mind when analyzing this social phenomenon. Furthermore, it is worth highlighting that investigators must take careful care of the collection of evidence when accessing crime scenes so that they are evidentiary material that allows not only the prosecution of the perpetrator, but also the prior recognition of conduct. and characteristics that may be a source of prevention of feminicide.