Domestic violence: an investigation on the Court’s Judgements of Terni from 1985 to 2005

Abstract

This work, using as source of data the Registries of Court’s Judgement of Terni from 1985 to 200 is to be considered as a study based on the observation of domestic violence in the district of Terni in the last twenty years and as a starting point to improve a consideration on a social problem on the increase but still hidden, and on the need to get ready with suitable secondary prevention’s plan on behalf of Social Control’s Office and Institutions. Results allow for outlining a gross portrayal of aggressors and victims of such a crime, offering instruments to identify those subjects who are considered to be prospective authors or victims of such a violence; moreover data allow to sketch out the main features of the crime itself, thus allowing for a comparison with the national position, to estimate the need to improve specific and autonomous prevention and intervention plans at regional level.