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Prevalence, dynamics and characteristics of forced marriage in Spain

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    Identifier: imarina:6389732
    Authors:
    Villacampa CTorres N
    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.
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    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
  • Keywords:

    Criminology & Penology,Law,Pathology and Forensic Medicine,Social Sciences (Miscellaneous),Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
    Victims
    Support organizations
    Forced marriage
    Criminalization
    Consent
    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
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