Ernst Amy A, Weiss Steven J, Enright-Smith Shannon
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
Acad Emerg Med. 2006 Jun;13(6):696-9. doi: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.12.020. Epub 2006 Apr 11.
To determine demographics of children in homes to which police are called for intimate-partner violence (IPV) and to compare the relative risk of perpetrator versus victim for those who, as children, witnessed or were victims of IPV and sexual assault.
Data from Resources, Inc. Victim Assistance Unit yearly intake statistics for 2004 were accessed. In this city with a population of approximately 500,000 people, police will call for an on-site advocate intervention (a trained social worker) at their own discretion for the adult or child victims of IPV and for children witnessing IPV. The social worker collects data on victims, perpetrators of IPV, and child witnesses or victims at all police calls for IPV. Comparisons were made by using chi-square, relative risks (RRs), and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI).
Police and advocates visited 2,038 homes for IPV calls; 2,617 children were in these homes. Of these children, 1,904 (76%) witnessed IPV, and 698 (27%) were victims themselves. Adult victims (31%) and perpetrators (41%) had high rates of having witnessed IPV when they were children. Perpetrators were more likely than victims to have witnessed IPV as a child (RR, 1.56; 95% CI = 1.37 to 1.78) and to have been a victim of IPV as a child (RR, 1.71; 95% CI = 1.49 to 1.96).
In this study population, 76% of IPV households include children, and one third of these children also are victims of IPV. Perpetrators often were victims and witnesses of IPV when they were children. This suggests that a history of childhood IPV is common for perpetrators of IPV. Development of and research on interventions for child witnesses or victims of IPV is needed.
确定警方因亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）而前往的家庭中儿童的人口统计学特征，并比较那些在儿童时期目睹或遭受IPV及性侵犯的人成为施暴者与受害者的相对风险。
获取了Resources公司2004年受害者援助部门的年度受理统计数据。在这个约有50万人口的城市中，警方会自行决定为IPV的成年或儿童受害者以及目睹IPV的儿童呼叫现场倡导者干预（一名经过培训的社会工作者）。社会工作者会在所有警方接到的IPV报警中收集受害者、IPV施暴者以及儿童目击者或受害者的数据。采用卡方检验、相对风险（RRs）和95%置信区间（95%CI）进行比较。
警方和倡导者因IPV报警走访了2038个家庭；这些家庭中有2617名儿童。在这些儿童中，1904名（76%）目睹了IPV，698名（27%）自己也是受害者。成年受害者（31%）和施暴者（41%）在儿童时期目睹IPV的比例很高。施暴者比受害者更有可能在儿童时期目睹过IPV（RR，1.56；95%CI = 1.37至1.78），也更有可能在儿童时期遭受过IPV（RR，1.71；95%CI = 1.49至1.96）。
在本研究人群中，76%的IPV家庭中有儿童，其中三分之一的儿童也是IPV的受害者。施暴者在儿童时期往往也是IPV的受害者和目击者。这表明儿童时期的IPV经历在IPV施暴者中很常见。需要针对IPV儿童目击者或受害者开展干预措施并进行研究。
