Femicide/feminicide in criminal law : do we need a new criminal offence?

Jovanović, Slađana (2024) Femicide/feminicide in criminal law : do we need a new criminal offence? In: The right to life and body integrity / edited by Zoran Pavlović, Ivana Stevanović. Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research ; Bar Association of Vojvodina, Belgrade ; Novi Sad, pp. 535-555. ISBN 978-86-80756-70-7

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Abstract

The author examines relevant definitions, surveys and actual legal responses to femicide, focusing on the state of affairs in the Republic of Serbia, especially dilemma about introducing femicide as a new, separate criminal offence. The actual data on femicide are presented, as well as the overview of the historic perspective, and the difficulties in defining the phenomenon in order to collect accurate and comparable data as the solid base for creating adequate responses. The author focuses on arguments pro and contra introducing femicide as separate criminal offence having in mind actual trends in Serbian criminal law characterized by penal populism, as well as often hastily made interventions without much thinking about their outcomes in practice and lack of adequate implementation of already existing good provisions and preventive mechanisms.

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