Intimate partner violence against women, circumstances of aggressions and oral-maxillofacial traumas: A medical-legal and forensic approach

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious public health problem whose magnitude and risk factors vary according to different social, economic and cultural scenarios [1 –5]. It can be defined as a pattern of coercive behavior perpetrated by current or former spouse, law partner, sexual partner or dating partner, which causes physical, sexual or psychological harm, including acts of physical aggression, sexual coercion, psychological abuse and control behaviors [6 ].

Source: Legal Medicine - December 2, 2017 Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Ítalo de Macedo Bernardino, Luzia Michelle Santos, Alysson Vinicius Porto Ferreira, Tomás Lucio Marques de Almeida Lima, Lorena Marques da Nóbrega, Sérgio d'Avila Source Type: research