Publication Cover
Victims & Offenders
An International Journal of Evidence-based Research, Policy, and Practice
Volume 17, 2022 - Issue 8
3,605
Views
5
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

The Different Contexts of Domestic Violence Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Portuguese Overview

ORCID Icon, ORCID Icon, ORCID Icon, ORCID Icon, , ORCID Icon & ORCID Icon show all

References

  • Agüero, J. M. (2020). COVID-19 and the rise of intimate partner violence. World Development, 137, 105217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105217
  • Almış, B. H., Gümüştaş, F., & Kütük, E. K. (2020). Effects of domestic violence against women on mental health of women and children. Psikiyatride Guncel Yaklasimlar, 12(2), 232–242. https://doi.org/10.18863/pgy.567635
  • Anka, A., Thacker, H., & Penhale, B. (2020). Safeguarding adults practice and remote working in the COVID-19 era: Challenges and opportunities. The Journal of Adult Protection, 22(6), 391–399. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAP-08-2020-0040
  • Anurudran, A., Yared, L., Comrie, C., Harrison, K., & Burke, T. (2020). Domestic violence amid COVID‐19. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 150(2), 255–256. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.13247
  • APAV. (2021, June 2). Caracterização da violência contra as mulheres e violência doméstica em tempos de pandemia [Webinar]. Webinar de Apresentação de Resultados. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlBPbgfJ-KQ
  • Armbruster, S., & Klotzbücher, V. (2020). Lost in lockdown? Covid-19, social distancing, and mental health in Germany (No. 2020-04). Diskussionsbeiträge.
  • Beland, L. P., Brodeur, A., Haddad, J., & Mikola, D. (2020). Covid-19, family stress and domestic violence: Remote work, isolation and bargaining power. Institute of Labor Economics. 13332, 1–35. http://hdl.handle.net/10419/223774
  • Beydoun, H. A., Williams, M., Beydoun, M. A., Eid, S. M., & Zonderman, A. B. (2017). Relationship of physical intimate partner violence with mental health diagnoses in the nationwide emergency department sample. Journal of Women’s Health, 26(2), 141–151. https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2016.5840
  • Boserup, B., McKenney, M., & Elkbuli, A. (2020). Alarming trends in US domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 38(12), 2753–2755. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2020.04.077
  • Bouillon-Minois, J. B., Clinchamps, M., & Dutheil, F. (2020). Coronavirus and quarantine: Catalysts of domestic violence. Violence against Women, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801220935194
  • Bradbury‐Jones, C., & Isham, L. (2020). The pandemic paradox: The consequences of COVID‐19 on domestic violence. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 29(13–14), 2047–2049. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15296
  • Breiding, M. J., Black, M. C., & Ryan, G. W. (2008). Prevalence and risk factors of intimate partner violence in eighteen US states/territories, 2005. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 34(2), 112–118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2007.10.001
  • Brooks, S. K., Webster, R. K., Smith, L. E., Woodland, L., Wessely, S., Greenberg, N., & Rubin, G. J. (2020). The psychological impact of quarantine and how to reduce it: Rapid review of the evidence. The Lancet, 395(10227), 912–920. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30460-8
  • Brozowski, K., & Hall, D. R. (2010). Aging and risk: Physical and sexual abuse of elders in Canada. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 25(7), 1183–1199. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260509340546
  • Burnett, J., Achenbaum, W. A., & Murphy, K. P. (2014). Prevention and early identification of elder abuse. Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 30(4), 743–759. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cger.2014.08.013
  • Campbell, A. M. (2020). An increasing risk of family violence during the Covid-19 pandemic: Strengthening community collaborations to save lives. Forensic Science International: Reports, 2, 100089. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsir.2020.100089
  • Chang, E. S., & Levy, B. R. (2021). High prevalence of elder abuse during the COVID-19 pandemic: Risk and resilience factors. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 29(11), 1152–1159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2021.01.007
  • Chiesa, A. E., Kallechey, L., Harlaar, N., Ford, C. R., Garrido, E. F., Betts, W. R., & Maguire, S. (2018). Intimate partner violence victimization and parenting: A systematic review. Child Abuse & Neglect, 80, 285–300. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.03.028
  • Cunradi, C. B., Todd, M., Duke, M., & Ames, G. (2009). Problem drinking, unemployment, and intimate partner violence among a sample of construction industry workers and their partners. Journal of Family Violence, 24(2), 63–74. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-008-9209-0
  • Digital, P. (2020). Covid-10 Lockdown: Police Receive 87 000 Gender-Based Violence Calls. https://www.power987.co.za/news/covid-19-lockdown-police-receive-87-000-gender-based-violence-calls/
  • Donagh, B. (2020). From unnoticed to invisible: The impact of CoViD-19 on children and young people experiencing domestic violence and abuse. Child Abuse Review, 29(4), 387–391. https://doi.org/10.1002/car.2649
  • Ellsberg, M., Jansen, H. A., Heise, L., Watts, C. H., & Garcia-Moreno, C. (2008). Intimate partner violence and women’s physical and mental health in the WHO multi-country study on women’s health and domestic violence: An observational study. The Lancet, 371(9619), 1165–1172. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60522-X
  • Emezue, C. (2020). Digital or digitally delivered responses to domestic and intimate partner violence during COVID-19. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 6(3), e19831. https://doi.org/10.2196/19831
  • Enders, C. K. (2003). Using the expectation maximization algorithm to estimate coefficient alpha for scales with item-level missing data. Psychological Methods, 8(3), 322. https://doi.org/10.1037/1082-989X.8.3.322
  • Fraser, E. (2020). Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on violence against women and girls. VAWG Helpdesk Research Report.
  • Froimson, J. R., Bryan, D. S., Bryan, A. F., & Zakrison, T. L. (2020). COVID-19, Home Confinement, and the Fallacy of” Safest at Home”. American Journal of Public Health, 110(7), 960–961. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2020.305725
  • Garcia-Moreno, C., Jansen, H. A., Ellsberg, M., Heise, L., & Watts, C. H. (2006). Prevalence of intimate partner violence: Findings from the WHO multi-country study on women’s health and domestic violence. The Lancet, 368(9543), 1260–1269. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69523-8
  • Gulati, G., & Kelly, B. D. (2020). Domestic violence against women and the COVID-19 pandemic: What is the role of psychiatry? International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 71(101594), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2020.101594
  • Han, S. D., & Mosqueda, L. (2020). Elder Abuse in the COVID-19 Era. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 68(7), 1386–1387. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16496
  • Huecker, M. R., & Smock, W. (2020). Domestic violence. StatPearls Publishing.
  • Instituto Nacional de Estatística. (2021, March). Lesadas/os/ ofendidas/os identificadas/os em crimes de violência doméstica contra o cônjuge ou análogo registados pela PSP e GNR. https://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_indicadores&indOcorrCod=0008156&contexto=bd&selTab=tab2
  • Jarnecke, A. M., & Flanagan, J. C. (2020). Staying safe during COVID-19: How a pandemic can escalate risk for intimate partner violence and what can be done to provide individuals with resources and support. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 12(S1), S202–S204. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000688
  • Javed, S., & Mehmood, Y. (2020). No lockdown for domestic violence during COVID-19: A systematic review for the implication of mental-well being. Life and Science, 1(supplement), 6-6. https://doi.org/10.37185/LnS.1.1.169
  • Joseph, S. J., Mishra, A., Bhandari, S. S., & Dutta, S. (2020). Intimate partner violence during the COVID-19 pandemic in India: From psychiatric and forensic vantage points. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 54(102279), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102279
  • Kaukinen, C. (2020). When stay-at-home orders leave victims unsafe at home: Exploring the risk and consequences of intimate partner violence during the COVID-19 pandemic. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 45(4), 668–679. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12103-020-09533-5
  • Kelly, J., & Morgan, T. (2020, April). Coronavirus: Domestic Abuse Calls up 25% Since Lockdown, Charity Says. BBC News. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52157620
  • National Research Council (NRC). (2003). Elder Mistreatment: Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation in an Aging America. Panel to Review Risk and Prevalence of Elder Abuse and Neglect. In R. J. Bonnie & R. B. Wallace (Eds.), Committee on National Statistics and Committee on Law and Justice, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. The National Academies Press. 88–103.
  • Pak, A., Adegboye, O. A., Adekunle, A. I., Rahman, K. M., McBryde, E. S., & Eisen, D. P. (2020). Economic consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak: The need for epidemic preparedness. Frontiers in Public Health, 8, 241. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00241
  • Parrott, D. J., & Zeichner, A. (2003). Effects of hypermasculinity oh physical aggression against women. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 4(1), 70. https://doi.org/10.1037/1524-9220.4.1.70
  • Phelps, C., & Sperry, L. L. (2020). Children and the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research. Practice, and Policy, 12(S1), S73. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000861
  • Piquero, A. R., Jennings, W. G., Jemison, E., Kaukinen, C., & Knaul, F. M. (2021). Domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic-Evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Criminal Justice, 74(101806), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2021.101806
  • Piquero, A. R., Riddell, J. R., Bishopp, S. A., Narvey, C., Reid, J. A., & Piquero, N. L. (2020). Staying home, staying safe? A short-term analysis of COVID-19 on Dallas domestic violence. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 45(4), 601–635. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12103-020-09531-7
  • Poole, C., & Rietschlin, J. (2012). Intimate partner victimization among adults aged 60 and older: An analysis of the 1999 and 2004 General Social Survey. Journal of Elder Abuse Neglect, 24(2), 120–137. https://doi.org/10.1080/08946566.2011.646503
  • Portland Police Bureau. (2020). Trends analysis: Pre and post school closures. https://www.portlandoregon.gov/police/article/760238
  • Sacco, M. A., Caputo, F., Ricci, P., Sicilia, F., De Aloe, L., Bonetta, C. F., Cordasco, F., Scalise, C., Cacciatore, G., Zibetti, A., Gratteri, S., & Aquila, I. (2020). The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on domestic violence: The dark side of home isolation during quarantine. Medico-Legal Journal, 88(2), 71–73. https://doi.org/10.1177/0025817220930553
  • Safe Lives. (2020). Domestic abuse frontline service COVID-19 survey results. https://safelives.org.uk/sites/default/files/resources/SafeLives%20survey%20of%20frontline%20domestic%20abuse%20organisations%20for%20COVID19%2030.03.20_0.pdf
  • Sharma, A., & Borah, S. B. (2020). Covid-19 and domestic violence: An indirect path to social and economic crisis. Journal of Family Violence, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-020-00188-8
  • Sirur, S., & Krishnan, R. (2020). Indian women are locked in with their abusers, but are finding new ways to seek help. https://theprint.in/india/indian-women-are-locked-inwith-their-abusers-but-are-finding-new-ways-to-seek-help/393949/
  • Stavseth, M. R., Clausen, T., & Røislien, J. (2019). How handling missing data may impact conclusions: A comparison of six different imputation methods for categorical questionnaire data. SAGE Open Medicine, 7, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1177/2050312118822912
  • UN Women. (2020, April). COVID-19 and ending violence against women and girls. https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2020/04/issue-brief-covid-19-and-ending-violence-against-women-and-girls
  • World Health Organization. (2020a, June). Addressing violence against children, women and older people during the COVID-19 pandemic: Key actions. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-2019-nCoV-Violence_actions-2020.1
  • World Health Organization. (2020b, June). Child maltreatment. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/child-maltreatment
  • World Health Organization. (2021, March). Violence against women. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/violence-against-women
  • Yon, Y., Wister, A., Gutman, G., & Mitchell, B. (2014). A comparison of spousal abuse in mid-and-old aged: Is elder abuse simply a case of spousal abuse grown old? Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 26(1), 80–105. https://doi.org/10.1080/08946566.2013.784085