European Institute for Gender Equality
European Institute for Gender Equality

Database on Violence in the Family (No official name)

Types of GBV

  • Intimate Partner Violence
  • Rape
  • Sexual Assault (excl. rape)
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Stalking

Violence in the Family

Purpose of data collection

  • Monitoring
  • Ensure victim protection from perpetrator
  • Plan capacity
  • Accountability

Data available on

Victim

Background information

  • Age
  • Sex
  • Nationality
  • ID
  • Name
  • Ethnicity
  • Marital status
  • Dependants
Other: 

Employment status, profession, number of children, whether they use substances or have any psychiatric diagnosis

Relationship with perpetrator

Yes
Type of relationship: 

Family member (spouse, mother, father, brother, sister, son, daughter, grandparent, grandchild, person living under the same roof)

Repeatedly suffering from GBV

Yes

Perpetrator

Background information

  • Age
  • Sex
  • Nationality
  • ID
  • Name
  • Ethnicity
  • Marital status
  • Dependants
Other: 

Profession, employment status, number of children, re-offender, whether they use substances or have any psychiatric diagnosis

Relationship with victim

Yes
Additional information: 

This means that it is recorded whether there exists a previous relationship between victim and offender (e.g. family, intimate partner) or not (stranger).

Re-offending

Yes

Witness

Background information

No information collected on Background information

Relationship with victim/perpetrator

No

Incident description by witness

No

Children witnessing IPV incident

No information available

Incident

Code system used

  • No codes used

Description of incident

  • Date/time
  • Harm/injuries
  • Location
  • Type of violence
Other: 

Summary of incident.

Protection order

No

Civil justice data

Yes
Additional information: 

Not in a way that can be under statistical analysis.

Incident respond resources

  • Human resources
  • Financial resources
  • Other resources

Prosecution process

This administrative data source does not collect information on Prosecution process

Outcomes

Perpetrator

N. of cases resulting in arrest

No

List of offenses

No

Some information might be collected for the summary of the case: sentencing, data on probation and data on prisons.

Victim

Death as result of incident

Yes

No data about this information is collected in the SPSS data base but in manuscript data collection for the shelter. Some information might be collected for the summary of the case - Sentencing, data on probation and data on prisons

Characteristics

Storage System

  • In paper form
  • Electronically (single files)
  • Electronically (database)
Other: 

SPSS data base. In paper form: shelter data.

Frequency of updating

Monthly

Quality assurance process

The data is collected based on a questionnaire that covers many aspects and information concerning the victim and perpetrator of domestic violence. The data is collected based on two different questionnaires – one for the line 1440 and one for the shelter cases. Every member of the staff recording the data uses the suitable questionnaire for every case. The Association collects data for more than 10 years. This helps us to compare trends and fluctuation of the issue of domestic violence throughout the years. The data is monthly updated and stored electronically in an SPSS database, so it can be available and retrievable.

Comparability

  • Geographical
  • Over time
  • None

Timeliness

Additional information: 

The data is monthly updated and stored electronically in an SPSS database, so it can be available and retrievable.

Current developments

No plans.

Relation with third parties

Reported to third parties
Yes
Name of organisation: 
The Police, the Global Network of Women’s Shelters
Used by third parties: 
No

Reporter

  • Victim
  • Witness
  • Offender
Other: 

The Social Welfare Services and the Police as appropriate

Website

Link to website

Metadata

Organisation: 
Association for the Prevention and Handling of Violence in the Family (SPAVO)
Sector:
Other
Other sector: 

CSO

Geographical area: 
National