CERMES3, Research Centre of Medicine, Sciences, Health, Mental Health and Health Policy, CESAMES Team, CNRS UMR8211, University of Paris Descartes, INSERM U988, EHESS, Paris, France.
Drug Alcohol Rev. 2011 Sep;30(5):490-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2011.00315.x.
In 1992, France passed a specific penal law on intimate partner violence. The present study explores the functioning of this new law by examining the characteristics of perpetrators in cases that were tried rather than dismissed. Additionally, the characteristics of heavy drinkers were compared with those of non-heavy drinkers.
We analysed all cases of intimate partner violence processed in the years 1999-2000 by a major court of the Paris metropolitan area. Data were collected on 223 perpetrators (all 166 tried perpetrators and 10% of the 570 perpetrators whose case was dismissed) and how cases were handled institutionally. Logistic regression was used to identify perpetrator characteristics significantly associated with being tried (vs. dismissed) and being a heavy drinker.
Being tried was significantly more likely if the perpetrator had inflicted an injury, engaged in prior aggression and was a heavy drinker. Heavy drinking perpetrators were significantly more likely than non-heavy drinkers to have been drinking before the act. They were less likely to be under 40, more likely to be French, part of a stable couple and to have engaged in various types of prior aggression.
In 2000, heavy drinking was associated with increased risk of being tried and with drinking before the act. Heavy drinkers are more likely to have committed all forms of aggression, but only verbal aggression is significant. In 2000, judges gave heavy drinkers harsher sentences and a 2007 law sanctioned them even more severely. Our results suggest that treatment focused on problem drinking could be a helpful response-perhaps more so than harsher sentences-to intimate partner violence.
1992 年，法国通过了一项关于亲密伴侣暴力的特殊刑法。本研究通过考察被起诉而非被驳回案件中犯罪者的特征，探讨了这项新法律的运作情况。此外，还比较了重度饮酒者和非重度饮酒者的特征。
我们分析了 1999-2000 年间巴黎大都市区一家主要法院处理的所有亲密伴侣暴力案件。数据收集了 223 名犯罪者（所有 166 名被起诉的犯罪者和 570 名被驳回案件中 10%的犯罪者）以及案件在机构层面的处理方式。使用逻辑回归来确定与被起诉（vs. 驳回）和重度饮酒相关的犯罪者特征。
如果犯罪者造成伤害、有过先前的侵犯行为且是重度饮酒者，那么被起诉的可能性显著增加。重度饮酒者在犯罪前饮酒的可能性显著高于非重度饮酒者。他们更有可能超过 40 岁，更有可能是法国人，处于稳定的伴侣关系中，并且有过各种类型的先前侵犯行为。
2000 年，重度饮酒与被起诉的风险增加以及犯罪前饮酒有关。重度饮酒者更有可能犯下所有形式的侵犯行为，但只有言语侵犯具有显著意义。2000 年，法官对重度饮酒者判处更严厉的刑罚，而 2007 年的一项法律对他们的制裁更为严厉。我们的研究结果表明，以解决酗酒问题为重点的治疗可能是对亲密伴侣暴力的一种有益反应——也许比更严厉的刑罚更为有效。
