Volume 59, Issue 2 pp. 533-539
Technical Note

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

Felice Carabellese M.D.

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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]

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Manuela Tamma Psy.D.

Manuela Tamma Psy.D.

Section of Criminology and Forensic Psychiatry, University of Bari, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy

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Donatella La Tegola Psy.D., Ph.D.

Donatella La Tegola Psy.D., Ph.D.

Section of Criminology and Forensic Psychiatry, University of Bari, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy

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Chiara Candelli M.D., Ph.D.

Chiara Candelli M.D., Ph.D.

Section of Criminology and Forensic Psychiatry, University of Bari, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy

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Roberto Catanesi M.D.

Roberto Catanesi M.D.

Section of Criminology and Forensic Psychiatry, University of Bari, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy

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First published: 25 November 2013
Citations: 5
Presented at the 62nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, February 22–27, 2010, in Seattle, WA.

Abstract

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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