Indicator 11: Annual number of men (aged 18 and over) prosecuted for intimate partner violence against women

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Indicator 11

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11. Indicator 11: Annual number of men

(aged 18 and over) prosecuted for intimate

partner violence against women

(67) https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/metadata/en/crim_just_esms.htm

(68) https://eige.europa.eu/publications/glossary-definitions-rape-femicide-and-intimate-partner-violence

11.1. Statistical unit

The statistical unit for indicator 11 is the num-

ber of prosecuted men. In the context of vio-

lence against women, these are dened as

alleged oenders against whom prosecution

commenced in the reporting year. Persons may

be prosecuted by the public prosecutor or the

law enforcement agency responsible for prose-

cution, at the national level, irrespecti ve of the

case-ending decision’ (67).

11.2. Type of oence

The oence covered by indicator 11 is intimate

partner violence, dened as any act of physical,

sexual, ps ychological or economic violence that

occurs between former or current spouses or

partners, whether or not the perpetrator shares

or has shared the same residence with the vic-

tim’ (68).

11.3. Reference area

Data and metadata for indicator 11 were collec-

ted at national level for 27 EU Member States

and the three devolved jurisdictions which are

the lawful authorities in the policy area of law

and order in the United Kingdom (England and

Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland).

Comparable data are available for:

• Lithuania

• Sweden

• United Kingdom-Scotland.

Non-comparable data are available for:

• Belgium

• Czechia

• Greece

• Spain

• France

• Croatia

• Italy

• Austria

• Portugal

• Slovenia

• Slovakia

• United Kingdom-England and Wales

• United Kingdom-Northern Ireland.

No data are available for:

• Bulgaria

• Denmark

• Germany

• Estonia

• Ireland

• Cyprus

• Latvia

• Luxembourg

• Hungary

• Malta

• Netherlands

• Poland

• Romania

• Finland.

11.4. Time coverage

Data and metadata for indicator 11 were collec-

ted for the period 2014-2018.