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Coelho, Rui

Costa, Paulo Manuel

Nunes, Catarina S.

Vieira, Cristina Pereira

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Abstract of Contribution 3967ID: 3967 / RN23_T10: 3RN23 - SexualityTopics: RN23 Sexual ViolenceThe Influence of Police Officers‘ Gender in Their Attitude Towards Domestic Violence and Intimate Partner Violencein PortugalCristina Pereira Vieira1, Paulo Manuel Costa2, Rui Coelho3, Catarina S. Nunes41CIEG (Interdisciplinary Center for Gender Studies, Institute of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lisbon (CIEG/ISCSP-ULisboa);Universidade Aberta (Open University, Portugal); 2Centre for Functional Ecology; Universidade Aberta (Open University, Portugal);3Universidade Aberta (Open University, Portugal); 4Universidade Aberta ( Open University, Portugal) Department of Sciences andTechnology; and LAETA/INEGI; Porto, PortugalIn recent years, Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) gained increased visibility in the public space in Portugal, mainly due to the number ofwomen killed by their partners. In the complexity of social structures and interaction mechanisms of the public and private spaces, weperceive an unequal distribution of power between men and women that legitimizes the prevalence of authority as an expression of maleidentity (Vieira 2017, 2020; Begonya 2020; Santos,  2020; Vanesa Pérez-Martínez et  al.,2020).  If  we put  the lens on patriarchal  socialstructures,  we perceive the reproduction of  hierarchies and privileges,  that  naturalize and legitimize the domination of  women by men(Bourdieu, 1999). Given the relevance of police intervention, and the level of decision allowed to police officers to judge IPV situations (Myhill& Jonhson 2016), it was our goal to understand the influence of gender in the police officer’s attitude towards IPV situations. To this end,GNR military personnel were surveyed through an online questionnaire about their beliefs, values, and professional attitudes regardingdomestic violence. A total of 1871 valid responses were received. The results were analyzed using the IBM SPSS version 25 software. Thedistribution of responses across the levels of the scale, shows the existence of differences in how respondents of different genders evaluatethe problem of IPV. The dimension and impact that IPV continues to have in contemporary societies, make it necessary for police forces toadapt and deepen their training and action models, to the knowledge that has been acquired about victims and aggressors.15th Conference of the European Sociological Association - ConfTool Pr... https://www.conftool.pro/esa2021/index.php?page=showAbstract&print...1 de 1 02/08/2021, 11:35

Gender in their attitude towards domestic violence and intimate partner violence in Portugal

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