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Cuadernos de Medicina Forense
On-line version ISSN 1988-611XPrint version ISSN 1135-7606
Abstract
CAMACHO-VALADEZ, D. and PEREZ-GARCIA, M.. The demographic/anthropometric profile of the denounced perpetrator of gender violence to the north of Mexico: descriptiv study. Cuad. med. forense [online]. 2013, vol.19, n.1-2, pp.29-32. ISSN 1988-611X. https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S1135-76062013000100005.
The high aggression's level committed by the men who abuse their female partner is one of the greatest health problems no wa days. To develop preventive programs, specific information about the dynamics involve dis required. This study seeks evidence to create the demographic/anthropometric profile of the denounced perpetrator of domestic violence, because much of there search about it has focused only in the victim data. It took up the demographic/anthropometric characteristics of a composite sample of N=250 denounced aggressors profiles, recorded during five years of incidents, ranging in age from 17 to 59 years (M=33.2, SD=8.76) in the Fiscalía Especializada en Atención a Mujeres Víctimas del Delito por Razones de Género in Juarez City (Chihuahua, Mexico). The results show a profile corresponding to an adult-young latin man with light brown eyes, although most people usually have dark eyes in this region. This data prevails around 5 years of reports and statistical correlation was significant, as well, much of the anthropometric variables and the two demographic variables of the profile.
Keywords : Profile; Agressor; Violence; Gender.