Understanding Domestic Violence in India During COVID-19: a Routine Activity Approach

Krishnakumar, Akshaya; Verma, Shankey

doi:10.1007/s11417-020-09340-1

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“…( 36 ). Krishnakumar and Verma ( 37 ), in a recent study, applied the routine activity theory framework for the content analysis of media reports related to domestic violence in India during the lockdown. The three components of the routine activity theory in criminology are motivated offender, the absence of a capable guardian, and a suitable target.…”

Section: Mental Health Literacy: a Mediating Toolmentioning

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RETRACTED: “Crisis Within the Walls”: Rise of Intimate Partner Violence During the Pandemic, Indian Perspectives

Nair

Banerjee

2021

Front. Glob. Womens Health

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The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has been a social “un-equalizer,” besides being a global health threat. Gender inequality has been globally prominent during the outbreak and the consequent lockdown. Although domestic abuse and intimate partner violence have increased due to chronic entrapment, overcrowding in families, enhanced substance use, distorted relationship dynamics, travel restrictions, and reduced healthcare access, coercive sexual practices have also been on the rise. In low- and middle-income countries, the lack of awareness, societal pressure, administrative apathy, fear of legal hassles, and inadequate knowledge–attitude–practice related to help-seeking lead to underreporting and mismanagement of domestic abuse, which can perpetuate its vicious cycle during the ongoing crisis. India, with its socio-culturally diverse population, has been one of the nations worst hit by the pandemic. With the rise in reports of gender-based violence on the premise of preexisting gender inequality and minority stress, concerns behind “closed doors” are as threatening as the infection itself. With this background, the authors highlight the backdrop of domestic violence as a “hidden pandemic” during the coronavirus disease 2019 crisis, drawing on perspectives from India and briefly reviewing the data from other nations. The role of mental health education and digital literacy as mitigating strategies is subsequently discussed.

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Section: Mental Health Literacy: a Mediating Toolmentioning

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RETRACTED: “Crisis Within the Walls”: Rise of Intimate Partner Violence During the Pandemic, Indian Perspectives

Nair

Banerjee

2021

Front. Glob. Womens Health

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“…A literatura evidencia que o aumento das taxas de IPV está diretamente relacionado a ocorrência de desastres naturais ou outros eventos extremos (Vora, Malathesh, Das, & Chatterjee, 2020). Esse fato foi observado, por exemplo, após o tsunami do Oceano Índico em 2004, que proporcionou um aumento de 48% dos casos de IPV entre os anos de 2005 a 2015 na Índia (Krishnakumar & Verma, 2021). Descobertas semelhantes foram encontradas depois do furacão Katrina nos EUA, onde o número de casos de IPV contra a mulher, após nove meses do furacão, foi triplicado (Silva et al, 2020).…”

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Violência contra a mulher por parceiro íntimo na pandemia de COVID-19: magnitude e fatores associados

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Objetivo: Abordar a magnitude e os fatores associados da violência por parceiro íntimo contra a mulher na pandemia da COVID-19. Metodologia: Trata-se de uma revisão integrativa de literatura, realizada por meio da busca na base de dados MEDLINE, utilizando os descritores “violence”, “woman” e “COVID-19”, associados ao operador booleano AND. Foram incluídos estudos disponíveis na íntegra, publicado no recorte temporal compreendendo o período de março/2020 e abril/2021 e nos idiomas português, inglês e espanhol, resultando em uma amostra de 10 artigos. Resultados: A partir da amostra selecionada, pôde-se constatar que a pandemia de COVID-19 aumentou a frequência e a gravidade dos atos violentos cometidos pelo parceiro íntimo contra a mulher, sendo que a violência psicológica, física e sexual foram os tipos mais relatados por elas. Além disso, o período pandêmico desencadeou o surgimento de novas formas de abusos. O aumento do tempo com o abusador no domicílio, fatores econômicos e a interrupção ou dificuldade de acesso aos serviços de apoio foram apontados como os principais responsáveis pela ocorrência e/ou agravamento da violência perpetrada pelo parceiro íntimo contra mulher durante a pandemia de COVID-19. Conclusão: As informações referentes a magnitude e os fatores associados à violência por parceiro íntimo contra a mulher durante a pandemia poderão auxiliar no desenvolvimento de estratégias preventivas/combate a ocorrência deste tipo de violência, além de colaborar para o planejamento de ações que assegurem a assistência das mulheres em outras situações de emergência semelhante.

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“…For instance, IPV against women increased around 48% after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami ( Rao, 2020 ), and former epidemics such as Ebola or Zika (in which people had toalso stay at home for an extended period) have also had a positive association with IPV in the domestic atmosphere ( Onyango, Resnick, Davis, & Shah, 2019 ). A countrywide study based on the routine activity approach concludes that domestic violence is a relevant problem in India and problem was exacerbated by the COVID-19 lockdown ( Krishnakumar & Verma, 2021 ). The study also remarks that partner’s unemployment status and alcohol consumption behaviour were the main motivators for performing violence offences.…”

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Reintegration with family and intimate partner violence (IPV) against women among the returnee migrant worker’s family during COVID-19 induced lockdown: A Block-level analysis using multinomial logistic regression model

Das

Roy

2021

Children and Youth Services Review

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Worldwide the incidents of intimate partner violence (IPV) have increased due to lockdowns related to the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper aims to identify the association between IPV and different socio-economic factors of women & their most recent partner during the COVID-19 pandemic in returnee migrant worker families in Balurghat Block (area 363.9 sq. km), Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal, India. A total of 159 ever-married women were included in this present study, whose husbands were engaged as workers elsewhere at least two years before the lockdown. The result of the multinomial logistic regression model revealed that, after controlling for other variables, the women who had the poorest wealth background were 37% more likely (RRR: 1.37; 95% CI [1.18, 1.47]) to experience IPV almost every day in a week than those who had a middle wealth background. Conversely, the women who had the poorest wealth background were 37% (95% CI [0.57, 0.82]) less likely to experience IPV for three to four days in a week. Furthermore, the women whose partners were currently unemployed were 21% more likely (RRR: 1.21; 95% CI [1.16, 1.36]) to experience IPV almost every day in a week than those whose husbands were currently employed. The women whose husband’s had a loan were 26% more likely (RRR: 1.26; 95% CI [1.25, 1.33]) to experience IPV for three to four days in a week than those whose husbands did not have any loans. The likelihood to experience IPV almost every day in a week is higher among those women whose husbands attain weekly (31%) loan instalment pattern and consume alcohol daily (31%). Interventions are needed at the grassroots level and some economic planning is required at an urgent basis.

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Understanding Domestic Violence in India During COVID-19: a Routine Activity Approach

Cited by 72 publications

References 73 publications

RETRACTED: “Crisis Within the Walls”: Rise of Intimate Partner Violence During the Pandemic, Indian Perspectives

RETRACTED: “Crisis Within the Walls”: Rise of Intimate Partner Violence During the Pandemic, Indian Perspectives

Violência contra a mulher por parceiro íntimo na pandemia de COVID-19: magnitude e fatores associados

Reintegration with family and intimate partner violence (IPV) against women among the returnee migrant worker’s family during COVID-19 induced lockdown: A Block-level analysis using multinomial logistic regression model

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