A comparison of intimate partner assailants and non-partner assailants among police reported rapes and attempted rapes in the sør-trøndelag police district
Year: 2015
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: A considerable amount of rapes and attempted rapes reported to the police, happen in\nintimate partner relationships. Knowledge with regards to characteristics of intimate partner rape, and furthermore knowledge related to characteristics of assailants of intimate partner rape in Norway, could be considered limited.\nThe aim of this study is to explore characteristics of police reported assailants of rape.\nThis is a retrospective, descriptive study, based on N=558 police-reported rapes and\nattempted rapes in the Sør-Trøndelag Police District (1997 – 2010). Reported intimate partner rapes/attempted rapes are compared to reported non-partner rapes/attempted rapes on characteristics related to the assailant, the assault, victim characteristics, victim injury, and the legal process.\nThe present study finds that reported rapes/attempted rapes committed by intimate\npartner assailants more often involve severe physical violence, compared to reported\nrapes/attempted rapes committed by non-partner assailants. Reported intimate partner\nassailants are less frequently recorded to have consumed alcohol in connection with the\nrapes/attempted rapes, compared to non-partner assailants. The overall rate of charge filing is low. Higher frequencies of cases are dismissed because of lack of evidence when the reported assailant is an intimate partner, compared to a non-partner.\nThe associations presented here, are in line with some previous empirical findings.\nThe reported intimate partner assailant tend to be violent and is less often reported to have consumed alcohol in connection with the rape/attempted rape, compared to non-partner assailants. Efforts should be put towards preventing intimate partner rape in particular, and intimate partner violence in general.
Source: BIBSYS Brage (BIBSYS (Norway))
Author: Tina Marie Haraldseide
Language: English
Subfield: Health
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2473639043