从警方记录中,使用文本挖掘来查找患有痴呆症的家庭暴力犯罪者的特征
Sharon Reutens1, George Karystianis1, Adrienne Withall2,3
1School of Population Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Frontiers in psychiatry
|May 30, 2024
概括
痴呆症患者的家庭暴力很少见,但很严重,通常涉及攻击和言语虐待,主要针对配偶. 这凸显了对照顾者的积极管理和支持的需要,特别是对年轻发病的痴呆症.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 痴呆症患者所实施的家庭暴力 (DV) 尚未得到充分研究.
- 了解这种DV的特征对于有针对性的干预和支持至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在新南威尔士 (NSW) 使用警察数据来描述涉及痴呆症感兴趣的人 (POI) 的家庭暴力事件.
- 在与痴呆相关的DV中识别虐待模式,受害者人口统计和事者的特征.
主要方法:
- 对416441份新南威尔士州警察对DV事件的叙述 (2005年1月至2016年12月) 应用了文本挖掘方法.
- 提取了POI与提及痴呆症的信息.
主要成果:
- 与痴呆相关的DV事件占DV事件总数的不到1%.
- 攻击 (49.7%) 和口头虐待 (31.6%) 是常见的;配偶是主要受害者 (50.8%).
- 身体虐待发生在82.4%的轻度伤害事件中;武器使用在5%的事件中,主要是75岁以上的POI.
结论:
- 痴呆症患者犯下的DV可能足够严重,需要警察介入.
- 对潜在暴力的积极讨论对于整体的痴呆症管理至关重要.
- 支持家庭成员,特别是年轻期痴呆症患者的照顾者,至关重要.
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