Reconceptualizating impunity in cases of gender violence in Mexico

The increase of violence against women and girls (VAWG) in Mexico, in its various contexts and modalities comes hand in hand with a perception of impunity that calls into question the effectiveness of the criminal justice system to attend this problem. The creation of new crime regulations and the...

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Main Author: Pamela Teutli
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Language:English
Published: Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law 2023-06-01
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Online Access:https://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/1573
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description The increase of violence against women and girls (VAWG) in Mexico, in its various contexts and modalities comes hand in hand with a perception of impunity that calls into question the effectiveness of the criminal justice system to attend this problem. The creation of new crime regulations and the increase in penalties have proven to be ineffective strategies in the prevention and attention of these cases, since they lack a systemic vision of the problem. This paper seeks to develop an idea of impunity that goes beyond the absence of punishment and is defined on the basis of the structural notion of VAWG. Therefore, impunity can be associated with the absence of access to justice and a gender perspective.
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spelling doaj-art-9e9755d0bccb4421aa246f5e65c2d7972024-11-25T14:36:27ZengOñati International Institute for the Sociology of LawOñati Socio-Legal Series2079-59712023-06-0113310.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-13832289Reconceptualizating impunity in cases of gender violence in MexicoPamela Teutli0Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey (FLDM) The increase of violence against women and girls (VAWG) in Mexico, in its various contexts and modalities comes hand in hand with a perception of impunity that calls into question the effectiveness of the criminal justice system to attend this problem. The creation of new crime regulations and the increase in penalties have proven to be ineffective strategies in the prevention and attention of these cases, since they lack a systemic vision of the problem. This paper seeks to develop an idea of impunity that goes beyond the absence of punishment and is defined on the basis of the structural notion of VAWG. Therefore, impunity can be associated with the absence of access to justice and a gender perspective. https://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/1573Violencia contra mujeres y niñasimpunidadsistema de justicia penalacceso a la justiciaperspectiva de género
spellingShingle Pamela Teutli
Reconceptualizating impunity in cases of gender violence in Mexico
Oñati Socio-Legal Series
Violencia contra mujeres y niñas
impunidad
sistema de justicia penal
acceso a la justicia
perspectiva de género
title Reconceptualizating impunity in cases of gender violence in Mexico
title_full Reconceptualizating impunity in cases of gender violence in Mexico
title_fullStr Reconceptualizating impunity in cases of gender violence in Mexico
title_full_unstemmed Reconceptualizating impunity in cases of gender violence in Mexico
title_short Reconceptualizating impunity in cases of gender violence in Mexico
title_sort reconceptualizating impunity in cases of gender violence in mexico
topic Violencia contra mujeres y niñas
impunidad
sistema de justicia penal
acceso a la justicia
perspectiva de género
url https://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/1573
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