When the biography and the body are transformed into a judicial test. Karina's case: violence, self-defense and a state of justifying need

Authors

  • Claudia Castelletti Font Universidad de Chile

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/rsoc.v0i27.18967

Keywords:

Biography, gender, violence against woman, parricide, inculpability of crime

Abstract

Gender analysis of the biography, space, time, and marks of violence on the body of a woman can serve as defense and legal evidenc to establish a defense to criminal liability. It examines the unique Chilean case has been acquitted of a woman accused of killing her partner by defense inextreme circunstances, and gender bias of the prosecutor.

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2018-12-28

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When the biography and the body are transformed into a judicial test. Karina’s case: violence, self-defense and a state of justifying need. (2018). Revista De Sociología, 27, 117-136. https://doi.org/10.15381/rsoc.v0i27.18967