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Abstract：
(1) Background: Femicide is an increasing phenomenon consisting of the murder of a woman for gender-related reasons. Despite the enactment of new laws aimed at controlling the phenomenon by toughening the penalties and introducing aggravating circumstances, there is an increasing trend that testifies to the persistence of a flaw in the actual measures. (2) Case Presentation. We report the case of the murder of a 32-year-old woman-perpetrated by an ex-husband who refused to accept the end of the marriage-the analysis of which allowed us to frame the case as femicide. (3) Discussion. Despite global awareness of this phenomenon, the identification of risk factors to predict and prevent femicide is of utmost importance. This can be achieved by a multidisciplinary approach involving police officers, legal professionals, hospitals, governmental and nongovernmental organizations, and medico-legal departments aimed at promoting standardized methodologies. (4) Conclusions. We evaluate the contribution of forensic investigations to the identification of key elements that can help frame the murder of a woman as a femicide. Considering the devastating consequences for children who witness this kind of violence within the domestic setting, the planning of more impactful preventive actions is, thus, mandatory to minimize effects on public health.
摘要：
（1）背景：杀害妇女是一种日益严重的现象，包括出于性别相关原因谋杀妇女。尽管颁布了旨在通过加强处罚和引入加重情节来控制这一现象的新法律，越来越多的趋势证明了实际措施中缺陷的持续存在。（2）案例介绍。我们报告了一名前夫谋杀一名32岁妇女的案件，该前夫拒绝接受婚姻的结束-对这一案件的分析使我们能够将此案定为杀害妇女。（3）讨论。尽管全球都意识到了这一现象，识别危险因素以预测和预防女性自杀至关重要。这可以通过涉及警官的多学科方法来实现，法律专业人士,医院,政府和非政府组织，和旨在推广标准化方法的医学法律部门。（4）结论。我们评估了法医调查对确定关键要素的贡献，这些要素可以帮助将谋杀妇女定为杀害妇女。考虑到在家庭环境中目睹这种暴力对儿童的毁灭性后果，更有影响力的预防措施的规划是，因此，强制性的，以尽量减少对公众健康的影响。
