Women Victims of Violent Partners: The Italian Situation Amid Culture and Psychopathology

• NCJ Number: 246620
• Journal: Journal of Forensic Sciences Volume: 59 Issue: 2 Dated: March 2014 Pages: 533-539
• Author(s): Felice Carabellese M.D.; Manuela Tamma; Donatella La Tegola Ph.D.; Chiara Candelli Ph.D.; Roberto Catanesi M.D.
• Date Published: March 2014
• Length: 7 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

In 2006, the Italian National Institute of Statistics ISTAT conducted a survey over the entire national territory of women victims of sexual, physical, and psychologic violence, a few years after the first survey, conducted in 2002.

Abstract

For the 2002 survey, respondents were 60,000 women, 22,759 of whom were aged 14-59 years. For the 2006 survey, the sample consisted of 25,000 women aged 16-70 years. Owing to the sensitivity of the issues, the telephone survey technique seems best suited because it provides more anonymity and guarantee of protection. The survey showed that the phenomenon of violence against women is most commonly perpetrated by the partner or ex-partner, even in cases of homicide. A comparison of the Italian data with those of the U.S.A. for the period 2001-2006 showed a specificity of Intimate Partner Violence in Italy, that seems to be related to cultural elements and psychologic and psychopathologic factors. Abstract published by arrangement with Wiley.