Violent deaths of women in spatialized empirical evidence in the state of Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

This article analyzes feminicides (FM) and homicides of women (HM) in the State of Rio de Janeiro between 2020 and 2024 through a theoretical-methodological institutional framework of criminological territorialization. We inquire how this territorialization constructs empirical scenarios advocated by Public Security planning and whether the design of the two criminal types produces effects in addressing intentional violent deaths of women. Methodologically, we applied statistical and geoprocessing techniques to construct maps of case distribution by criminal type and racialization. We demonstrate that: 1) criminal scenarios with disparate concentrations can dissociate interpretations of the mobility of FM and HM, as they differ from each other by racialization and territorialization; 2) FM and HM in their situated distribution may have direct relationships with other demographic segments that are not adopted in policy planning; 3) there is no empirical translation of FM, as it is a phenomenon not even criminally apprehended in the regulations of the State of Rio de Janeiro.