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Jullianne Regalado1, Anastasiia Timmer2, Laura Iesue3
1University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.
Violence and Victims
|December 10, 2025
Summary
Pandemic strain increased violence and victimization risk globally. Verbal victimization uniquely explained this link in Western countries, highlighting the need for culturally sensitive interventions during health crises.
Area of Science:
- Criminology
- Public Health
- Sociology
Background:
- The victim-offender overlap describes how intimate partner victimization can precede violent behavior.
- Global pandemics introduce unique stressors that may exacerbate existing social issues like violence.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the relationship between pandemic strain, intimate partner victimization, and subsequent violence.
- To compare these dynamics in Western and non-Western settings during the global pandemic.
Main Methods:
- Cross-contextual analysis using data from Western (US, Denmark, Netherlands) and non-Western (Ukraine, Guatemala, Pakistan) countries.
- Statistical examination of the association between pandemic strain, verbal/physical victimization, and violence.
Main Results:
- Pandemic strain significantly correlated with increased violence and victimization risk in both Western and non-Western contexts.
- Verbal and physical victimization were associated with violence across all studied settings.
- Verbal victimization accounted for 26% of the pandemic strain-violence association exclusively in Western contexts.
Conclusions:
- Pandemic-related stressors are linked to increased violence and victimization.
- Culturally tailored strategies are essential for mitigating pandemic-related stressors and reducing violence during global health crises.
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