The problem of summary proceedings in crimes of gender-based violence against women

Abstract

The procedures that the judiciary contemplates for resolving cases of gender-based violence against women are ordinary. However, they have been resolved more frequently through summary proceedings, the characteristics of which have been reviewed in criminal matters, both in terms of what is indicated by law and what is defined in doctrine, in order to determine whether crimes of gender-based violence against women can be resolved through this form of summary prosecution. Two samples are also presented: the first, of ten cases of women who suffer serious assaults after reporting them; and the second, of ten judgments from the entity with the highest rate of crimes of violence against women. The result is that there is a misinterpretation of the law, and therefore sufficient grounds to prohibit the application of summary proceedings in this type of crime.