Downside: The Perpetrator of Violence in the Representations of Social and Health Professionals

Fortuna Procentese, Roberto Fasanelli, Stefania Carnevale, Ciro Esposito, Noemi Pisapia, Caterina Arcidiacono and Immacolata Di Napoli
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Fortuna Procentese: Department of Humanities, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80133 Napoli, Italy
Roberto Fasanelli: Department of Sociology, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80133 Napoli, Italy
Stefania Carnevale: Department of Humanities, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80133 Napoli, Italy
Ciro Esposito: Department of Humanities, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80133 Napoli, Italy
Noemi Pisapia: Department of Humanities, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80133 Napoli, Italy
Caterina Arcidiacono: Department of Humanities, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80133 Napoli, Italy
Immacolata Di Napoli: Department of Humanities, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80133 Napoli, Italy

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 19, 1-26

Abstract: Gender-based violence is a widespread phenomenon and pandemic that affects women’s lives. Many interventions have been activated for perpetrators, but the dropout rate is still high. In order to draw up guidelines for responsibly and sustainably dealing with the phenomenon, this study is aimed at investigating the professionals’ perception of the perpetrator as a useful element in designing innovative intervention policies. Open interviews were carried out with welfare and health professionals and the Grounded Theory Methodology was used to analyze the collected data. These results detect attitudes of social health personnel and their feelings of impotence towards gender-based perpetrators because of the emergence of an inevitable repetitiveness of the violent behavior, as well as the “normality of violence” in a patriarchal culture and its “transversality”. This reflective knowledge allows for the opportunity to develop best transformative attitudes toward the phenomenon. According to the results, it is urgent to establish an active and convinced alliance with the healthy part of the man, through specific prevention paths, in order to activate an authentic motivation for change and its sustainability.

Keywords: gender-based violence; perpetrator repetitiveness; health and welfare services; representation; taking charge of violence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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