Authors :
Jevilyn G. Pas-iwen
Volume/Issue :
Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 7 - July
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7016264
Abstract :
The prevalence of violence against women is
observed in the recent years yet there has been a low
rate of prosecution and conviction of perpetrators in
because of attrition and disengagement after filing the
case taking into consideration that the victim's
participation and cooperation are essential in the
administration of justice. With these, the study aims to
determine the difference in the proportion of cases and
understand the reasons for victim disengagement
through the use of a quantitative study specifically the
triangulation method. Findings suggest that there is a
significant difference in the proportion of cases handled
by the police and prosecutors level which was computed
using the z-test which implies that not all reported cases
achieve a successful prosecution. The study also used a
t-test: Two-Sample Assuming Unequal Variance
wherein the results show that there is no significant
difference in the weighted mean of the respondents
which denotes that similar reasons are encountered may
it be on the police or prosecutors level. Concerning
reasons for victim disengagement, the respondents
encounters family intervention, reconciliation, childrelated reasons and lack of financial support that
halters the processing of violence against women cases.
To sum it up, the difference in the proportion of cases
and the reasons for victim disengagement boils down to
the high valuation of the family that often leads to overreliance on the mediation process resulting in repeated
victimization and non pursuing of cases.
Keywords :
Violence, Victimization, Victim disengagement, prosecution, attrition , mediation, reconciliation , intervention, investigation.
The prevalence of violence against women is
observed in the recent years yet there has been a low
rate of prosecution and conviction of perpetrators in
because of attrition and disengagement after filing the
case taking into consideration that the victim's
participation and cooperation are essential in the
administration of justice. With these, the study aims to
determine the difference in the proportion of cases and
understand the reasons for victim disengagement
through the use of a quantitative study specifically the
triangulation method. Findings suggest that there is a
significant difference in the proportion of cases handled
by the police and prosecutors level which was computed
using the z-test which implies that not all reported cases
achieve a successful prosecution. The study also used a
t-test: Two-Sample Assuming Unequal Variance
wherein the results show that there is no significant
difference in the weighted mean of the respondents
which denotes that similar reasons are encountered may
it be on the police or prosecutors level. Concerning
reasons for victim disengagement, the respondents
encounters family intervention, reconciliation, childrelated reasons and lack of financial support that
halters the processing of violence against women cases.
To sum it up, the difference in the proportion of cases
and the reasons for victim disengagement boils down to
the high valuation of the family that often leads to overreliance on the mediation process resulting in repeated
victimization and non pursuing of cases.
Keywords :
Violence, Victimization, Victim disengagement, prosecution, attrition , mediation, reconciliation , intervention, investigation.
