Women Victims of Violent Partners: The Italian Situation Amid Culture and Psychopathology†
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Felice Carabellese M.D.
Section of Criminology and Forensic Psychiatry, University of Bari, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
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Felice Carabellese, M.D.
Section of Criminology and Forensic Psychiatry
University of Bari
Piazza Giulio Cesare, 11
70124 Bari
Italy
E-mail: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorManuela Tamma Psy.D.
Section of Criminology and Forensic Psychiatry, University of Bari, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorDonatella La Tegola Psy.D., Ph.D.
Section of Criminology and Forensic Psychiatry, University of Bari, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorChiara Candelli M.D., Ph.D.
Section of Criminology and Forensic Psychiatry, University of Bari, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorRoberto Catanesi M.D.
Section of Criminology and Forensic Psychiatry, University of Bari, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Felice Carabellese M.D.
Section of Criminology and Forensic Psychiatry, University of Bari, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
Additional information and reprint requests:
Felice Carabellese, M.D.
Section of Criminology and Forensic Psychiatry
University of Bari
Piazza Giulio Cesare, 11
70124 Bari
Italy
E-mail: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorManuela Tamma Psy.D.
Section of Criminology and Forensic Psychiatry, University of Bari, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorDonatella La Tegola Psy.D., Ph.D.
Section of Criminology and Forensic Psychiatry, University of Bari, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorChiara Candelli M.D., Ph.D.
Section of Criminology and Forensic Psychiatry, University of Bari, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorRoberto Catanesi M.D.
Section of Criminology and Forensic Psychiatry, University of Bari, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
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. 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.
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