Abstract

CASTELLANO ARROYO, M.; LACHICA LOPEZ, E.; MOLINA RODRIGUEZ, A.  and  VILLANUEVA DE LA TORRE, H.. Violence against women. The aggressor's profile: approaches to evaluation of the risk. Cuad. med. forense [online]. 2004, n.35, pp.15-28. ISSN 1988-611X.

Judges and Justice more and more realise the importance of medical expert reports in cases of domestic violence being made in a complete, rigorous and scientific way. For this reason, for the last six years we have placed our experience and knowledge at their service by creating the "Forensic Evaluation of Domestic Violence Unit" in the University of Granada. Our purpose was to carry out integral medical expertise in each case of violence, trying to establish a global and complete evaluation, of both victim and aggressor (and their children, when there are any). This paper describes the systematic protocol we have used for the psychological-psychiatric evaluation of the parts involved in the problem, as well as the obtained results which allow as to establish the diverse aggressor profiles. The comparison between the results for the profile of victim and aggressor personalities allows a comprehension of how the dynamics of the violence arises and what is the trigger for the aggressive behavior, as well as the level of risk that the aggressor represents for the victim. This global evaluation can provide to judge, prosecutor, and lawyers rigorous and objective information as a basis for the best decision for both victim and aggressor as well as for the measures to adopt in each case.

Keywords : Family violence; Aggressor; Risk markers; Gender violence; Evaluation; Valuation; Forensic; Victim.

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