Author, as appears in the article.: Villacampa C; Torres N
Department: Dret Públic
URV's Author/s: Torres Rosell, Núria
Keywords: Victims Support organizations Forced marriage Criminalization Consent
Abstract: © 2019, Springer Nature B.V. Forced marriages were criminalized in Spain in 2015, both as a specific form of coercion (offence against liberty) and as a type of human trafficking. However, the criminalisation was carried out with limited data on existing cases and without empirical research questioning whether forced marriages were taking place in Spain and what specific individuals were at risk. This paper presents the main findings of an empirical study aimed at detecting the existence of victims of forced marriage in this country and at describing the dynamics and characteristics of the processes which led to their victimisation. A total of 150 support organizations operating in Spain reported their knowledge of the extent and dynamics of forced marriages, revealing the existence of people forced to marry against their will, including some legal residents and even Spanish nationals. The research identifies at least 57 victims who have received assistance from support organizations. People most at risk were very young women, usually from North African, Sub Saharan African or Central Asian, as well as, to a lesser extent, Roma, and with a large percentage of Spanish nationals and legal residents. Mechanisms used to compel the victims are usually subtle, far from those more incisive active means required in the Spanish legislation. The results contribute to the debate on what is tolerable in today’s globalized society and underscore the need to understand this reality before regulating it.
Thematic Areas: Sociología Social sciences, interdisciplinary Social sciences (miscellaneous) Social sciences (all) Saúde coletiva Pathology and forensic medicine Law Interdisciplinar General social sciences Dret Criminology & penology Ciencias sociales
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
ISSN: 09254994
Author's mail: nuria.torres@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-2893-1267
Record's date: 2024-01-13
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
Link to the original source: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10611-019-09881-2
Papper original source: Crime Law And Social Change. 73 (5): 509-529
APA: Villacampa C; Torres N (2020). Prevalence, dynamics and characteristics of forced marriage in Spain. Crime Law And Social Change, 73(5), 509-529. DOI: 10.1007/s10611-019-09881-2
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Article's DOI: 10.1007/s10611-019-09881-2
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2020
Publication Type: Journal Publications