Domestic and external violence, parental neglect, and social sanctions among crack users: A cross-sectional study exploring the role of gender

Joana Corrêa de Magalhães Narvaez, Josiane Rocha Carvalho, Vinícius Serafini Roglio, Luiza Corrêa de Magalhães Dutra, Félix Kessler, Antonio Ventriglio and Flavio Pechansky

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2025, vol. 71, issue 5, 853-862

Abstract: Background: Substance Use Disorders are often associated with significant levels of domestic and external violence registered among abusers. This investigation aimed to evaluate the Domestic Violence Involvement (DVI) and related gender differences among Crack Cocaine Users in Brazil. Methods: For this purpose, a secondary data analysis of a multicenter cross-sectional study involving 780 Crack Cocaine Users from 6 Brazilian capitals was performed. Results: The prevalence of DVI among abusers was not different between males and females. Crack-cocaine users with DVI versus without DVI experienced significantly more aggressions and beatings as victims throughout their life (54.7% vs. 40.5%), showed greater difficulty in controlling the impulse to assault or hurt someone throughout their life (65% vs. 36.4%), higher number of physical aggressions (25.9% vs. 11.6%), car theft (27.3% vs. 16.9%), violent crimes (12.9% vs. 6.2%). Men also reported a higher prevalence of detentions/arrests (61%) than women, while women were more frequently charged over their parental powers than men. Conclusions: Our findings suggested that DVI in Crack-Cocaine users may be a potential predictor of social violence in general with no significant differences between males and females. Legal punishments remain related to the cultural role assigned to each gender with men being more likely to be detained in their lives and women being reported more for parental neglect.

Keywords: Domestic violence involvement; intimate partner violence; crack cocaine; gender; substance abuse (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1177/00207640241307869

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