ABSTRACT

Sexual violence is prevalent in abusive relationships and yet, has received substantially less attention than physical violence in relationships or sexual violence, in general. The present study compared intimate partner sexual violence (IPSV) with non-sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual violence against other non-intimate partner victims on demographic data of perpetrators and victims, offence and police reporting features, and the perpetrators’ criminal history and recidivism. Sexual and violent assaults reported to local law enforcement that led to an arrest were randomly selected. Analyses revealed that IPSV occurrences took longer to report compared to the other violent occurrences. However, IPSV was similar to IPV occurrences in that weapons were rarely involved, occurrences were more likely outside of the downtown area, and perpetrators were younger. These findings contribute to our limited knowledge about IPSV perpetration and highlight avenues for future exploration in the literature.

抽象的

性暴力在虐待关系中普遍存在，但是，与恋爱中的身体暴力或性暴力相比，受到的关注要少得多。本研究根据犯罪者和受害者的人口统计数据，犯罪和警察举报特征以及犯罪者的犯罪情况，将亲密伴侣性暴力（IPSV）与非性亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）以及针对其他非亲密伴侣受害者的性暴力进行了比较历史和累犯。向当地执法部门报告的导致逮捕的性侵犯和暴力袭击是随机选择的。分析表明，与其他暴力事件相比，IPSV事件的报告时间更长。但是，IPSV与IPV事件类似，因为很少涉及武器，事件发生在市区外的可能性更大，犯罪者还年轻。这些发现有助于我们对IPSV行为的有限了解，并为文献中的未来探索提供了重要途径。