Death Threats and Attempted Femicide in the Context of Domestic Violence in Portugal
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Resumo: | Domestic violence is a serious problem in Portugal, affecting mainly women. The significant number of femicides in the context of intimate partner violence has been showing not only the severity of the crime, but also the necessity to reinforce strategies to prevent and combat it. Although several studies were developed in the last decades to portray domestic violence, research on the threat of death and attempted femicide is scarce. This study aims to characterize death threats and attempts of femicide, in the light of the professionals’ perspectives from the Portugal National Support Network for Victims of Domestic Violence, contributing to informing best practices of risk assessment. Seventy one professionals, 62 female (87.3%) and 9 male (12.7%), at an average age of 37.69 years, filled a questionnaire survey. Results suggest weaknesses in the application of current legislation and the adoption of effective measures in situations where victims experience death threats and attempted murders. Although there are criminal proceedings before these episodes, this does not seem to have effective consequences in terms of protection and security, whereby the development of strategies that safeguard victims from tragic endings such as femicide are necessary |
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Death Threats and Attempted Femicide in the Context of Domestic Violence in Portugalgender-based violence; victims; femicide; risk assessment; professionalsDomestic violence is a serious problem in Portugal, affecting mainly women. The significant number of femicides in the context of intimate partner violence has been showing not only the severity of the crime, but also the necessity to reinforce strategies to prevent and combat it. Although several studies were developed in the last decades to portray domestic violence, research on the threat of death and attempted femicide is scarce. This study aims to characterize death threats and attempts of femicide, in the light of the professionals’ perspectives from the Portugal National Support Network for Victims of Domestic Violence, contributing to informing best practices of risk assessment. Seventy one professionals, 62 female (87.3%) and 9 male (12.7%), at an average age of 37.69 years, filled a questionnaire survey. Results suggest weaknesses in the application of current legislation and the adoption of effective measures in situations where victims experience death threats and attempted murders. Although there are criminal proceedings before these episodes, this does not seem to have effective consequences in terms of protection and security, whereby the development of strategies that safeguard victims from tragic endings such as femicide are necessaryMDPIRepositório da Universidade de LisboaNeves, SofiaSilva, EmíliaTopa, JoanaBorges, JanetePereira, AliceSilva, Estefânia2023-08-21T10:38:34Z2022-08-052022-08-05T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/28106engNeves, Sofia, Emília Silva, Joana Topa, Janete Borges, Alice Pereira, and Estefânia Silva. 2022. Death Threats and Attempted Femicide in the Context of Domestic Violence in Portugal. Social Sciences 11: 347. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/socsci1108034710.3390/socsci11080347info: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:RCAAP2023-08-27T01:31:42Zoai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/28106Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T20:27:32.897218Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Death Threats and Attempted Femicide in the Context of Domestic Violence in Portugal |
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Death Threats and Attempted Femicide in the Context of Domestic Violence in Portugal |
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Death Threats and Attempted Femicide in the Context of Domestic Violence in Portugal Neves, Sofia gender-based violence; victims; femicide; risk assessment; professionals |
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Death Threats and Attempted Femicide in the Context of Domestic Violence in Portugal |
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Death Threats and Attempted Femicide in the Context of Domestic Violence in Portugal |
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Death Threats and Attempted Femicide in the Context of Domestic Violence in Portugal |
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Death Threats and Attempted Femicide in the Context of Domestic Violence in Portugal |
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Death Threats and Attempted Femicide in the Context of Domestic Violence in Portugal |
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Neves, Sofia |
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Neves, Sofia Silva, Emília Topa, Joana Borges, Janete Pereira, Alice Silva, Estefânia |
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Silva, Emília Topa, Joana Borges, Janete Pereira, Alice Silva, Estefânia |
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Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
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Neves, Sofia Silva, Emília Topa, Joana Borges, Janete Pereira, Alice Silva, Estefânia |
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gender-based violence; victims; femicide; risk assessment; professionals |
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gender-based violence; victims; femicide; risk assessment; professionals |
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Domestic violence is a serious problem in Portugal, affecting mainly women. The significant number of femicides in the context of intimate partner violence has been showing not only the severity of the crime, but also the necessity to reinforce strategies to prevent and combat it. Although several studies were developed in the last decades to portray domestic violence, research on the threat of death and attempted femicide is scarce. This study aims to characterize death threats and attempts of femicide, in the light of the professionals’ perspectives from the Portugal National Support Network for Victims of Domestic Violence, contributing to informing best practices of risk assessment. Seventy one professionals, 62 female (87.3%) and 9 male (12.7%), at an average age of 37.69 years, filled a questionnaire survey. Results suggest weaknesses in the application of current legislation and the adoption of effective measures in situations where victims experience death threats and attempted murders. Although there are criminal proceedings before these episodes, this does not seem to have effective consequences in terms of protection and security, whereby the development of strategies that safeguard victims from tragic endings such as femicide are necessary |
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