The different contexts of domestic violence before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a portuguese overview
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Resumo: | The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent restrictions impacted the world in numerous ways. These restrictions resulted in victims of domestic violence spending more time with their abuser, contributing to a rise in requests for help. The contexts for domestic violence include intimate partner violence (IPV), abuse of children/adolescent and victimization of the elderly within the family. This article compares the prevalence of domestic violence contexts between a pandemic and a non-pandemic year. Based on the assessment of data, taken from a Service Management Platform (PLAGA) and provided by the Portuguese Association for Victim Support (APAV), 12,576 requests from 2019 to 2020 were analyzed. Findings revealed that a 13.3% increase in requests for help, mainly from child/adolescent victims, was registered in 2020 compared with 2019, with a 100.7% increase solely during the lockdown period. Physical and psychological violence, often reported by victims of IPV, children/adolescents and elders, also increased during this period. Requests for help through distance support increased substantially in the pandemic year. The importance of support for victims during the pandemic and the need for new support strategies have been highlighted if victims, bystanders and professionals are to be assisted. |
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The different contexts of domestic violence before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a portuguese overviewChildren/adolescents abusedomestic violenceCOVID-19elderly abuseintimate partner violencevictim supportCiências Sociais::PsicologiaSaúde de qualidadeIgualdade de géneroThe COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent restrictions impacted the world in numerous ways. These restrictions resulted in victims of domestic violence spending more time with their abuser, contributing to a rise in requests for help. The contexts for domestic violence include intimate partner violence (IPV), abuse of children/adolescent and victimization of the elderly within the family. This article compares the prevalence of domestic violence contexts between a pandemic and a non-pandemic year. Based on the assessment of data, taken from a Service Management Platform (PLAGA) and provided by the Portuguese Association for Victim Support (APAV), 12,576 requests from 2019 to 2020 were analyzed. Findings revealed that a 13.3% increase in requests for help, mainly from child/adolescent victims, was registered in 2020 compared with 2019, with a 100.7% increase solely during the lockdown period. Physical and psychological violence, often reported by victims of IPV, children/adolescents and elders, also increased during this period. Requests for help through distance support increased substantially in the pandemic year. The importance of support for victims during the pandemic and the need for new support strategies have been highlighted if victims, bystanders and professionals are to be assisted.This work was supported by FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., under the project Gender Research 4 COVID-19 [grant number 9598419].Taylor & FrancisUniversidade do MinhoRibeiro, RitaAlmeida, IrisSaavedra, RosaCaridade, Sónia Maria MartinsOliveira, AnaSantos, ManuelaSoeiro, Cristina2022-03-212022-03-21T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/1822/77653engRita Ribeiro, Iris Almeida, Rosa Saavedra, Sónia Caridade, Ana Oliveira, Manuela Santos & Cristina Soeiro (2022): The Different Contexts of Domestic Violence Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Portuguese Overview, Victims & Offenders, DOI: 10.1080/15564886.2022.205221410.1080/15564886.2022.2052214https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15564886.2022.2052214info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:28:24ZPortal AgregadorONG |
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The different contexts of domestic violence before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a portuguese overview |
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The different contexts of domestic violence before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a portuguese overview |
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The different contexts of domestic violence before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a portuguese overview Ribeiro, Rita Children/adolescents abuse domestic violence COVID-19 elderly abuse intimate partner violence victim support Ciências Sociais::Psicologia Saúde de qualidade Igualdade de género |
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The different contexts of domestic violence before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a portuguese overview |
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The different contexts of domestic violence before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a portuguese overview |
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The different contexts of domestic violence before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a portuguese overview |
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The different contexts of domestic violence before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a portuguese overview |
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The different contexts of domestic violence before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a portuguese overview |
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Ribeiro, Rita |
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Ribeiro, Rita Almeida, Iris Saavedra, Rosa Caridade, Sónia Maria Martins Oliveira, Ana Santos, Manuela Soeiro, Cristina |
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Almeida, Iris Saavedra, Rosa Caridade, Sónia Maria Martins Oliveira, Ana Santos, Manuela Soeiro, Cristina |
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Universidade do Minho |
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Ribeiro, Rita Almeida, Iris Saavedra, Rosa Caridade, Sónia Maria Martins Oliveira, Ana Santos, Manuela Soeiro, Cristina |
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Children/adolescents abuse domestic violence COVID-19 elderly abuse intimate partner violence victim support Ciências Sociais::Psicologia Saúde de qualidade Igualdade de género |
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Children/adolescents abuse domestic violence COVID-19 elderly abuse intimate partner violence victim support Ciências Sociais::Psicologia Saúde de qualidade Igualdade de género |
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The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent restrictions impacted the world in numerous ways. These restrictions resulted in victims of domestic violence spending more time with their abuser, contributing to a rise in requests for help. The contexts for domestic violence include intimate partner violence (IPV), abuse of children/adolescent and victimization of the elderly within the family. This article compares the prevalence of domestic violence contexts between a pandemic and a non-pandemic year. Based on the assessment of data, taken from a Service Management Platform (PLAGA) and provided by the Portuguese Association for Victim Support (APAV), 12,576 requests from 2019 to 2020 were analyzed. Findings revealed that a 13.3% increase in requests for help, mainly from child/adolescent victims, was registered in 2020 compared with 2019, with a 100.7% increase solely during the lockdown period. Physical and psychological violence, often reported by victims of IPV, children/adolescents and elders, also increased during this period. Requests for help through distance support increased substantially in the pandemic year. The importance of support for victims during the pandemic and the need for new support strategies have been highlighted if victims, bystanders and professionals are to be assisted. |
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Rita Ribeiro, Iris Almeida, Rosa Saavedra, Sónia Caridade, Ana Oliveira, Manuela Santos & Cristina Soeiro (2022): The Different Contexts of Domestic Violence Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Portuguese Overview, Victims & Offenders, DOI: 10.1080/15564886.2022.2052214 10.1080/15564886.2022.2052214 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15564886.2022.2052214 |
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