- In 2010, 43 women lost their lives at the hands of abusive partners.
- At least 9 out of the 43 women murdered in 2010 had already pressed charges against their assailants.
- 29 of the victims in 2010 still in the abusive relationship, generally a boyfriend, partner, husband or lover.
- Only 8 women had ended their relationships with their would-be murderers.
- The average age of the victims were between 26 and 45 years old,
- 90. 6% women and 9% men
With the new article 152, whoever, in a repetitive manner or not, imposes physical or mental abuses including:
- bodily punishments
-deprivations of liberty and sexual offences to the spouse or ex-spouse
-to a person of another or of the same sex with whom the agent maintains or has maintained a relationship equal to a relationship of spouses, even if without cohabitation
-to progenitor of common descendant in first degree
-or to a person particularly undefended, due to age, deficiency, disease, pregnancy or economic dependency, who cohabitates with him.
Punishment: imprisonment from 1 to 5 years.
-If act is against or in front of a minor
-In common home or the victim’s residence
Punishment: imprisonment from 2 to 5 years
-If, from the acts above, result in death
Punishment: imprisonment from 3 to 10 years
- The cases where it results grievous bodily injury
Punishment: imprisonment from 2 to 8 years
|
| Freq. | % |
| Strict Sense |
|
|
|
| Physical Abuse |
| 3916 | 30 |
| Mental Abuse |
| 4804 | 36.8 |
| Threats/Coercion |
| 2672 | 20.4 |
| Defamation/Slurs |
| 1443 | 11 |
| Sexual Crimes |
| 237 | 1.8 |
|
| Sub-total | 13072 | 100 |
| Wider Sense |
|
|
|
| Attempted Murder |
| 27 | 3.4 |
| Murder |
| 1 | 0.1 |
| Unlawful Entry |
| 134 | 16.9 |
| Violation of Correspondence |
| 71 | 8.9 |
| Violation of Privacy |
| 81 | 10.2 |
| Child Abduction |
| 25 | 3.1 |
| Violation of Alimony |
| 61 | 7.7 |
| Criminal Damage |
| 84 | 10.6 |
| Theft/Robbery |
| 83 | 10.5 |
| Rape |
| 87 | 11 |
| Other related Crimes |
| 140 | 17.6 |
|
| Sub-Total | 794 | 100 |
|
| Total | 13866 | 100 |
