Only 3% of abuses against people with disabilities are known
Jan 24, 2024 10:01:37 GMT
Post by account_disabled on Jan 24, 2024 10:01:37 GMT
Only 3% of cases of abuse of people with intellectual disabilities are ever revealed, while the remaining 97% are not detected and, if they are, they are not reported. The data has been provided by the director of the Care Unit for Victims with Intellectual Disabilities (Uavdi) of the Carmen Pardo-Valcarce Foundation, MarĂa Recio, a pioneering and unique resource in Spain, which has attended to 245 cases of abuse of people with intellectual disabilities. intellectual disability from 2010 to 2014. Recio has highlighted the progressive increase in the number of cases that have been treated at the Unit in its four years of operation at the national level. 71% of the victims are women and 29% are men, according to statistics.
By age, 54% of the cases that come to the Unit affect adults, which, according to the director, highlights the high vulnerability of people with intellectual disabilities, even if they are of legal age. By type of crime, 69% of the cases Phone Number Database correspond to sexual abuse or assault, 15% to physical abuse and 16% to situations of neglect, harassment or extortion. Regarding sexual abuse, in 99% of cases, the aggressors are known people (relatives, friends, neighbors or colleagues) and, of these, 30% correspond to abuse within the family. 73% are referred by professionals from direct care services for people with intellectual disabilities, social services and health centers. In 19% of the cases, the family itself contacts the service, 6% of the referrals correspond to the State security forces and bodies and only 2% of the victims go to the service themselves.
Regarding complaints, Recio has specified that only 37% of all cases of abuse are reported, which indicates the lack of trust of the group, their families and professionals in the justice system when addressing these processes. The director of the Unit has considered it "alarming" that, taking into account the age of the victims, only 20% of cases of sexual abuse of minors with intellectual disabilities are reported and has specified that, when the victim of sexual abuse is adolescent, complaints rise to 46%. If the judicial resolutions are analyzed in the investigation phase, when the victim faces the process alone, 52% of the cases are archived, while, when an expert intervenes, who provides testimony with guarantees, the percentage of dismissals increases. reduces to 10 percent.
By age, 54% of the cases that come to the Unit affect adults, which, according to the director, highlights the high vulnerability of people with intellectual disabilities, even if they are of legal age. By type of crime, 69% of the cases Phone Number Database correspond to sexual abuse or assault, 15% to physical abuse and 16% to situations of neglect, harassment or extortion. Regarding sexual abuse, in 99% of cases, the aggressors are known people (relatives, friends, neighbors or colleagues) and, of these, 30% correspond to abuse within the family. 73% are referred by professionals from direct care services for people with intellectual disabilities, social services and health centers. In 19% of the cases, the family itself contacts the service, 6% of the referrals correspond to the State security forces and bodies and only 2% of the victims go to the service themselves.
Regarding complaints, Recio has specified that only 37% of all cases of abuse are reported, which indicates the lack of trust of the group, their families and professionals in the justice system when addressing these processes. The director of the Unit has considered it "alarming" that, taking into account the age of the victims, only 20% of cases of sexual abuse of minors with intellectual disabilities are reported and has specified that, when the victim of sexual abuse is adolescent, complaints rise to 46%. If the judicial resolutions are analyzed in the investigation phase, when the victim faces the process alone, 52% of the cases are archived, while, when an expert intervenes, who provides testimony with guarantees, the percentage of dismissals increases. reduces to 10 percent.