Víctimas y victimarios: consideraciones sobre el caso de un asesino en serie

This article discusses the relationship between victims and victimizers from a specific context: the case of the serial killer of children, Luis Alfredo Garavito, who shocked society in 1999 for the brutality of his murders and which reflects the way in which victims can become victimizers when...

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Main Author: Gómez Mejía, Juliana
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=7537659
Source:Jurídicas, ISSN 1794-2918, Vol. 17, Nº. 1, 2020, pags. 203-217
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Summary: This article discusses the relationship between victims and victimizers from a specific context: the case of the serial killer of children, Luis Alfredo Garavito, who shocked society in 1999 for the brutality of his murders and which reflects the way in which victims can become victimizers when the socio-economic and cultural context generate certain conditions over time. The case is analyzed from the criminological and forensic point of view and a reflection is proposed from a sociocultural perspective going to the explanatory contexts and relationships between culture, behavior and violence. Taking into account the perspective of adverse events in childhood, a reflection is made on the vulnerability of the victims, especially when it comes to children and the way in which the different types of violence they face place them in a potential space of possible victimizers.