Males as victims of intimate partner violence - results from a clinical-forensic medical examination centre.
Int J Legal Med
; 135(5): 2107-2115, 2021 Sep.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1237496
ABSTRACT
Only few studies have reported on males as victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) so far. The aim of the present study is to analyse frequency and case characteristics of physical violence against male IPV victims examined in a clinical-forensic medical examination centre for victims of violence in Germany over an 11-year period, contributing to a better understanding of IPV in men. Male victims represented 6.2% of IPV cases (n = 167) with a median age of 40 years. Cases were reported to the police in 78.4% before medicolegal examination. In 60.5% of the cases, the perpetrator was the current partner, and 82% occurred in a domestic environment with a predominance of female offenders. In more than half of the cases (57.5%), the victims consulted the examination centre without prior healthcare utilisation. About one-third of the victims reported previous IPV (31.7%). The findings point to the relevance of men as victims of IPV, case group-specific risk factors, injury-dependent behaviour related to healthcare utilisation, the need to establish or strengthen specialised support services for affected men and underscore the importance of clinical-forensic services in documenting and assessing violence-related injuries.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Crime Victims
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Intimate Partner Violence
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Men
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Int J Legal Med
Journal subject:
Jurisprudence
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S00414-021-02615-x
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