Citation

Garcia-Jimenez M, Cala-Carrillo MJ, Trigo ME. Violence Against Women 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

University of Seville, Spain.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801219882502

PMID

31662100

Abstract

This article examines which variables predict disengagement from legal proceedings by victims of intimate partner violence in the first steps of the Spanish judicial process. We replicated a previous retrospective study with a prospective sample of 393 women. The relationships of sociodemographic, emotional, motivational, and psychological variables with procedural withdrawals were analyzed. We developed a binary logistic regression model that predicts disengagement with two variables: the contact with the abuser and the interaction between this contact and the thought of going back with him. Interesting differences between the current and the retrospective study were found.

RESULTS are discussed extensively in the conclusions.

Language: en

Keywords

abandon prosecution; gender violence; legal proceedings; logistic regression model; prospective study