Violenza al femminile: l’altra faccia della medaglia

A review of the literature on women with violent behavior is presented. Epide- milogic studies highlight an important gap between the two sexes that remains despite some signs of change in recent decades. Besides the examination of the literature two specific categories of violent behavior are presented that see the woman protagonsta: the domestic violence and the infanticide / figlicidio and with the contribution of some clin- ical cases, the modality of declination of the violent behavior of the woman is described.