It is not a new phenomenon, but last year the Portuguese Association for Victim Support (APAV) has dealt with more cases of people who had been – or were still – subject to some form of aggression by the children: 819, ie more than two victims per day.
in fact, if we consider all the relations of consanguinity (grandparents, children, grandchildren, parents / mothers, sisters / brothers and other close relatives), contabilizam- near 2300 cases. It’s something like a quarter of all accompanied by the association, reads the APAV’s annual report referring to 2015, which will be released on Tuesday.
The most visible face of APAV’s work is domestic violence – and we can see why: the violence in so-called “intimate relationships” (involving companions, husbands and wives, ex-husbands and ex-wives, boyfriends, current and former) represented 58.4% of cases with which the association handled. But there are also increasing reports that children are identified as perpetrators: 687 in 2013; 706 in 2014 and, as we have seen, 819 in 2015. In fact, the situations in which parents are aggressors (1104) fell slightly (7%), while the number of children aggressors rose (16%).
John Lazarus, the direction of the APAV, admits that the major factor explaining this is the growing awareness of people – campaigns to warn of violence against the elderly, particularly by children and other close relatives to be . have some effect and there are more people to seek support
Bullying up 45%
Every year, APAV – a private institution of social solidarity, non-profit – makes a report with the balance of its business, which focuses much, but not only in direct support to those who are victims of any type of crime. The overall numbers 2015 are these: were supported 9612 direct victims and recorded a total of 23,326 crimes (a victim may be or have been the subject of various crimes) or other forms of violence ( bullying , for example, it is not typified as a crime, but is a form of violence)
Some of averages calculated in the report:. a day, nearly three people aged 65 or more years, three children and young people and more than 14 women, between 18 and 64 are victims of crime or other form of violence. This taking into account only the number who sought to support the association. Men are an average of 2.1 per day.
“From 2013 to 2015 there was an increase of 8% in the number of cases, crimes and other forms of violence and victims,” continues . the document
Some types of violence gained ground: the so-called domestic violence, by far the most frequent, rose 10.6% in a year. They are almost the 19,000 recorded crimes. Cases of stalking (445) rose by 30.5% – the victims of “persistent harassment”, the most common Portuguese term for stalking , are usually women, have to around 40 years and a higher degree. And the reports of bullying (134) further increased by 46%. The profile of the victim bullying designed by APAV is this: an average age of 18 years, with a predominance of girls (52% of cases), which shows a schoolmate (in 60% of cases) as the author of the attacks.
as for the crimes of rape decreased by 38% (from 139 to 86) and the sexual abuse of children have experienced little change (from 106 to 102).
Relationships gay
The 2015 report contains some new features. One is to trace for the first time, the profile of victims of domestic violence in couples of the same sex. APAV attended 131 cases of this type -. 57 victims-men and 74 victims-women
The profile of men who were victims in a relationship Gay and resorted to membership is this: has on average 46 years (it’s a little younger than 388 men-victims in heterosexual relationships); in 36% of cases have higher education; in 41% of cases are married or living in union and a minority (38%) is inserted in a nuclear family with children (which does not happen in heterosexual relationships, where most reported living in households with children).
As for the woman who is the victim in a relationship gay has on average 44 years (a little older than the average of women-victims in heterosexual relationships), in 52% of cases is married, six in ten are part of a household with children, 42% have higher education.
“the violence takes many different forms and has many different actors,” explains John Lazarus. victims of profiles show that. Consider, also, the two types of very different victims: the accompanied children are generally female (54.6%) and have an average age of 9.9 years; the elderly are also mostly (80.5%), women have on average 75.4 years and almost always (over 90%) are retired.
Many victims contact APAV only instead, ask for information. The phone is chosen in 60% of cases (the helpline 116,006 works free from morning 9 am to seven pm). But many are followed over time (see text “The oldest case that Mary accompanies is a kid 13 years”), in particular to receive the support of a qualified psychologist. The association made a total of 34,372 calls in 2015.
Moreover, in most cases what people have to report are cases of continued violence (75%). And yet, only 39% of the victims reported having filed a complaint to the authorities. – A percentage that remains low, as last year
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