Vieira-Pinto Paulo, Muñoz-Barús José Ignacio, Taveira-Gomes Tiago, Vidal-Alves Maria João, Magalhães Teresa
Department of Forensic Sciences, Pathology, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Paediatrics, Institute of Forensic Sciences, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
IINFACTS - Institute of Research and Advanced Training in Health Sciences, Department of Sciences, CESPU, University Institute of Health Sciences (IUCS), Gandra, Portugal.
Forensic Sci Res. 2021 Aug 28;7(1):53-60. doi: 10.1080/20961790.2021.1960616. eCollection 2022.
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is simultaneously assumed as a serious crime and a major public health issue, having recurrences as one of its main characteristics and, consequently, re-entries of some alleged offenders in the criminal justice system (CJS). The main goal of this study is to assess if in cases of female victims of IPV, violence decreases after the first entry of the alleged offender in the CJS. A retrospective study was performed based on the analysis of police reports of alleged cases of IPV during a 4-year period. The final sample ( = 1 488) was divided into two groups according to the number of entries in the CJS (single or multiple) followed by a comparative approach. Results suggest that violence decreases after the first entry of alleged offenders in the CJS. Re-entries were found in only 15.5% of the cases but they were accountable for 3.3 times more crimes on average. Besides, victims of recidivism presented more injuries and required more medical care. Thus, a small group of alleged offenders seems to be more violent and accountable for most of the IPV crimes registered in the CJS suggesting that regardless of legal sanctions aiming to deter violence, these measures may not be enough for a certain group of offenders. This study sustains the need for a predictive model to quantify the risk of repeated IPV cases within the Portuguese population.
亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）同时被视为一种严重犯罪和一个重大公共卫生问题，其主要特征之一是存在反复发生的情况，因此一些被指控的犯罪者会再次进入刑事司法系统（CJS）。本研究的主要目的是评估在亲密伴侣暴力女性受害者的案件中，被指控的犯罪者首次进入刑事司法系统后暴力行为是否会减少。基于对四年期间亲密伴侣暴力指控案件警方报告的分析进行了一项回顾性研究。最终样本（n = 1488）根据进入刑事司法系统的次数（单次或多次）分为两组，然后采用比较方法。结果表明，被指控的犯罪者首次进入刑事司法系统后暴力行为会减少。仅15.5%的案件中发现有再次进入刑事司法系统的情况，但他们平均要对多出3.3倍的犯罪负责。此外，累犯的受害者受伤更多，需要更多医疗护理。因此，一小部分被指控的犯罪者似乎更具暴力性，应对刑事司法系统登记的大多数亲密伴侣暴力犯罪负责，这表明无论旨在威慑暴力的法律制裁如何，这些措施对某类犯罪者可能并不足够。本研究支持需要一个预测模型来量化葡萄牙人口中亲密伴侣暴力案件再次发生的风险。
