The Global Evaluation System in cases of battered woman: Psychological injury and testimony

Authors

  • Ramon Arce

Keywords:

Testimony, credibility, psychological injury, expert testimony, battered woman.

Abstract

About 30% of the Spanish judicial sentences on gender violence are  not-guilty. This rests primordially on the lack of evidence due to these crimes are committed in a private setting and to the damage must be  demonstrated. To copy this contingency, the Global Evaluation System (GES)  was fitted to gender violence cases. Thus, a methodic categorical system to discriminate between real and fabricated statements for supporting real ones was created and validated. Furthermore, a forensic protocol to assess the  psychological harm sequelae of the victimization of gender violence was created and validated. Finally, the GES for gender violence cases was submitted to judicial validation, being admitted as proof. This paper presents the GES for gender violence cases.

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Published

2014-05-08

How to Cite

Arce, R. (2014). The Global Evaluation System in cases of battered woman: Psychological injury and testimony. INFORMACIO PSICOLOGICA, (99), 19–35. Retrieved from https://informaciopsicologica.info/revista/article/view/142