How criminal is it to rape a partner according to the justice system? Analysis of sentences in Spain (2015-2022)

Sexual violence in an intimate relationship is a less studied phenomenon than other forms of intimate partner violence, despite data pointing to a high prevalence. Studies on how the cases are sentenced are scarce. Until recently, many laws did not allow marital rape to be punished as a crime of rap...

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Autores: Tamarit Sumalla, Maria Rosa, Romero Seseña, Pablo, Arantegui, Laura, Aizpitarte, Alazne
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Repositorio:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10609/150341
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10610-023-09537-x
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Palabra clave:sexual offenses
criminal justice system
intimate partner sexual violence
judicial decision
rape
sexual assault
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spelling How criminal is it to rape a partner according to the justice system? Analysis of sentences in Spain (2015-2022)Tamarit Sumalla, Maria RosaRomero Seseña, PabloArantegui, LauraAizpitarte, Alaznesexual offensescriminal justice systemintimate partner sexual violencejudicial decisionrapesexual assaultSexual violence in an intimate relationship is a less studied phenomenon than other forms of intimate partner violence, despite data pointing to a high prevalence. Studies on how the cases are sentenced are scarce. Until recently, many laws did not allow marital rape to be punished as a crime of rape, and some studies showed a tendency for the courts to punish these cases less severely. The present study is based on an analysis of 964 rape cases of adult women in Spain. All the information was extracted from sentences of the Provincial Courts issued between 2015 and 2022. Results showed that significantly lower conviction rates and less severe penalties were imposed when the rape was committed by the intimate partner compared to other rape cases where the offenders were not partners (family members, acquaintances, or unknown strangers). The practical implications of these results in several areas are discussed.Springer Nature202420242023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10609/150341https://doi.org/10.1007/s10610-023-09537-xreponame:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOCinstname:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)InglésEuropean Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 2023https://doi.org/10.1007/s10610-023-09537-xCC BYhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/1503412026-05-28T12:42:01Z
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title How criminal is it to rape a partner according to the justice system? Analysis of sentences in Spain (2015-2022)
spellingShingle How criminal is it to rape a partner according to the justice system? Analysis of sentences in Spain (2015-2022)
Tamarit Sumalla, Maria Rosa
sexual offenses
criminal justice system
intimate partner sexual violence
judicial decision
rape
sexual assault
title_short How criminal is it to rape a partner according to the justice system? Analysis of sentences in Spain (2015-2022)
title_full How criminal is it to rape a partner according to the justice system? Analysis of sentences in Spain (2015-2022)
title_fullStr How criminal is it to rape a partner according to the justice system? Analysis of sentences in Spain (2015-2022)
title_full_unstemmed How criminal is it to rape a partner according to the justice system? Analysis of sentences in Spain (2015-2022)
title_sort How criminal is it to rape a partner according to the justice system? Analysis of sentences in Spain (2015-2022)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Tamarit Sumalla, Maria Rosa
Romero Seseña, Pablo
Arantegui, Laura
Aizpitarte, Alazne
author Tamarit Sumalla, Maria Rosa
author_facet Tamarit Sumalla, Maria Rosa
Romero Seseña, Pablo
Arantegui, Laura
Aizpitarte, Alazne
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author2 Romero Seseña, Pablo
Arantegui, Laura
Aizpitarte, Alazne
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author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv sexual offenses
criminal justice system
intimate partner sexual violence
judicial decision
rape
sexual assault
topic sexual offenses
criminal justice system
intimate partner sexual violence
judicial decision
rape
sexual assault
description Sexual violence in an intimate relationship is a less studied phenomenon than other forms of intimate partner violence, despite data pointing to a high prevalence. Studies on how the cases are sentenced are scarce. Until recently, many laws did not allow marital rape to be punished as a crime of rape, and some studies showed a tendency for the courts to punish these cases less severely. The present study is based on an analysis of 964 rape cases of adult women in Spain. All the information was extracted from sentences of the Provincial Courts issued between 2015 and 2022. Results showed that significantly lower conviction rates and less severe penalties were imposed when the rape was committed by the intimate partner compared to other rape cases where the offenders were not partners (family members, acquaintances, or unknown strangers). The practical implications of these results in several areas are discussed.
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