TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Risk factors associated with domestic violence and homicidal violence of women: the case of Yucatan, Mexico
JO  - Psychology
A1  - Peña, Yolanda Oliva
A1  - Carvajal, Andrés Santana
A1  - Pech, Guadalupe Andueza
A1  - Santos, Jolly Hoil
A1  - Rodríguez, Ricardo Ojeda
A1  - Gil, Gerardo García
A1  - Angulo, Elsa María Rodríguez
A1  - Luna, Manuel Ordóñez
SP  - 62
EP  - 73
VL  - 7
IS  - 1
N2  - The manuscript presents results of research conducted with the aim of analyzing the association of geographic areas and risk factors of violence to women occurred in the state of Yucatan during 1997-2014, by reviewing statistics and other sources. Variables domestic violence, sex crimes and homicides and femicides association and risk according to the degree of marginalization, town size and percentage of population analyzed Maya. The main findings of the research show the presence of violence in 49 of the 106 municipalities. Association found the urban condition in cases of domestic violence, sexual offenses, homicide, and femicide, while for domestic violence it was obtained that the condition of Maya speakers is a risk factor. The geospatial distribution shows areas of high violence mostly in the south and east of the state. Some municipalities' rates for homicide and domestic violence, are higher compared to the national and state average rates recorded. It is concluded that information management has been the key to catalog the state as low gender violence and that the results presented here show the presence of large geographical areas of high risk for the lives of women, which requires your attention of intersectoral public policy.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2152-7180
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/psych.2016.71008
ID  - ref1
ER  -