Males as victims of intimate partner violence - results from a clinical-forensic medical examination centre
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Males as victims of intimate partner violence - results from a clinical-forensic medical examination centre. / Wörmann, Xenia; Wilmes, Sandra; Seifert, Dragana; Anders, Sven.
in: INT J LEGAL MED, Jahrgang 135, Nr. 5, 09.2021, S. 2107-2115.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz › Forschung › Begutachtung
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T1 - Males as victims of intimate partner violence - results from a clinical-forensic medical examination centre
AU - Wörmann, Xenia
AU - Wilmes, Sandra
AU - Seifert, Dragana
AU - Anders, Sven
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
U2 - 10.1007/s00414-021-02615-x
DO - 10.1007/s00414-021-02615-x
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 33928431
VL - 135
SP - 2107
EP - 2115
JO - INT J LEGAL MED
JF - INT J LEGAL MED
SN - 0937-9827
IS - 5
ER -
