Uxoricide in Milan: case analysis between 1990 and 2017

Unfortunately “femicide” is a phenomenon that has been known and acknowledged for a long time. This word refers to the killing of a wife or female partner at the hands of the husband or male partner. Although statistically uncommon one may also encounter cases of women who have killed their own husbands or male partners. This research will in fact focus on specifically on some of these specific cases. The sample referenced in this presention is taken from the autopsy reports of the Department of Legal Medicine of the University of Milan whose territory includes the municipality of Milan and part of the province of Milan and Monza. The paper is also supplemented by media reports and in some cases – when appropriate – the psychiatric evaluations performed on the perpetrator by one of our authors.