A report published by the General-Secretariat of Internal Administration has revealed that, between 2012 and 2018, an average of 80% of inquires into domestic violence were archived, with only less than 17% resulting in persecution.
During the six years covered in the report there were a grand total of 71,752 cases, with the majority of them being archived over lack of substantial evidence.
Last year alone, of all the prosecuted cases, 90% of the offenders ended up with a suspended jail sentence. In other words, the vast majority of those found guilty in court did not have to serve any jail time.
According the Annual Monitoring Report of 2018, both police forces (GNR and PSP) received an average of 2.,203 complaints per month, 72 per day, and 3 per hour.
In spite of such figures, there was a reduction of 1.2% of domestic violence complaints when compared to 2017. Lisbon, Porto, Setubal, Aveiro and Braga were the registered the largest volume of cases respectively.
Until this long standing problem is addressed with stiffer punishment and protection of victim's Portugal will not be able to climb out of the we have always done things this way and see no reason to change thinking. I rugularly see victims, mainly housewives bullied by lazy husbands who expect wives to do all the work, driving through rural areas you only see the women grafting while the men get drunk in cafes an go home and take out their angst on their partners. Old men in power is a culture that needs to go, its so dated now, parents and families can also help change by not worshiping their boy children an raising egomaniacs.
By john from Other on 14 Jul 2019, 10:17