Research shows: The classic perpetrator is male, between 30 and 39 years old and has a migration background. The most common murder weapon is the knife.
It is a sad balance that was presented as a study on Tuesday. Researchers at the Institute for Conflict Investigation analyzed crime statistics from 2010 through 2020. 793 violent crimes are recorded (334 completed and 459 attempted murder). Court records of 137 murders of women and girls between 2016 and 2020 were scrutinized. Terrifying: 9 out of 10 murders of women and all femicides (murders in which being a woman was a decisive factor) were committed by men.
The murderer is often the (ex-)husband. Most murders happen in your own home. The group of men aged 30 to 39 (23 percent) is striking, although they represent only 14 percent of the population. Offenders who were foreigners or had a migration background made up 40 percent of a population of just 24.4 percent.
Victims did not turn to violence protection services
When it comes to how the ‘ex’ is attacked, the knife (33.5 percent) is the most commonly used weapon. Women were strangled almost as often. Almost no victims went to a shelter for violence. The authors advocate putting victim protection above data protection. Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) noted that 7,650 entry bans had been issued as of June 30. Prevention employees increased from 500 to 1,200.
What should happen:
Women’s Minister Susanne Raab relies on school workshops against patriarchal structures and wants more shelters for victims. Justice Minister Alma Zadić advocates violent outpatient clinics. And: there should be more contact points for men in crisis situations.
The distress call for men strikes the same chord. You have to start where violence comes from, says director and former police officer Eduard Hamedl. Campaigns to better publicize key emergency numbers would help, as would the expansion of transit housing for women.
The association FEMA (for single mothers) calls for mandatory training for family judges, youth welfare agencies, experts, etc. and an independent ombudsman for victims, in addition to the ban on unscientific terms such as “alienation syndrome” or “physical education intolerance”. Marina Sorgo of the umbrella organization for violence protection centers in Austria would like more shelter for children.
Maria Rösslhumer of the Autonomous Women’s Refuge wants the Istanbul Convention to be implemented. Austria committed itself in 2013 to protect every woman if she becomes a victim of violence. Rösslhumer: “We are still a long way from a good equality policy. Many advertisements are placed by the public prosecutor’s office. This is a humiliation for the women and a license for the perpetrators.”
Source: Krone
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