TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - "If not mine, she won't belong to another": mechanisms of moral disengagement in a femicide perpetrator from Brazil
JO  - Violence against women
A1  - Regis-Moura, Amanda
A1  - Ferreira, Leonardo B.
A1  - Bonfá-Araujo, Bruno
A1  - Iglesias, Fabio
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Case files can show how aggressors use different explanations to reduce the seriousness of their crime. We aimed to identify and categorize a 2016 Brazilian case file from a perpetrator of femicide, based on moral disengagement theory. Content analysis yielded 47 verbalized excerpts, with 70 disengagement occurrences. The most frequently used mechanisms throughout the aggressor's speeches consisted of moral justification and blaming the victim herself. <br><br>RESULTS indicated that he reduced the seriousness of the femicide and sought reduction of the consequences. We discuss how speeches in criminal cases can serve as a secondary source for producing data on violence.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1077-8012
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10778012211038969
ID  - ref1
ER  -