Predictors of severe violence against women in Chile. Unified Guideline for Initial Risk Assessment

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Published: Jul 14, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32457/rjyd.v8i1.2477
Keywords:
vulnerabilidades de víctimas, factores de riesgo del agresor, violencia severa contra la pareja, mujeres maltratadas, violencia contra la pareja íntima vulnerabilities of victims, risk factors of the aggressor, Severe violence against the partner, Battered women, Violence against the intimate partner

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Valdivia Devia, M., & Andrés Pueyo, A. (2025). Predictors of severe violence against women in Chile. Unified Guideline for Initial Risk Assessment. Revista Justicia & Derecho, 8(1), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.32457/rjyd.v8i1.2477
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Vol. 8 No. 1 (2025): Volumen 8, número 1 2025
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Comunicaciones
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Author Biographies

Mauricio Valdivia Devia, Academia de Ciencias Policiales, Carabineros de Chile.

Doctor in Personality and Behavior University of Barcelona, Spain. Doctor in Psychology Universidad Católica de Argentina.

Antonio Andrés Pueyo, Grupo de Estudios Avanzados en Violencia, Universidad de Barcelona, España

Doctor of Psychology by the Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain. Director of the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Barcelona. Director of Master’s degree in forensic and criminal psychology from IL3/UB.
Predictors of severe violence against women in Chile. Unified Guideline for Initial Risk Assessment

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Mauricio Valdivia Devia
Academia de Ciencias Policiales, Carabineros de Chile.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1544-5753
Antonio Andrés Pueyo
Grupo de Estudios Avanzados en Violencia, Universidad de Barcelona, España
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2824-2541

Abstract

This work identified the vulnerabilities of victims and risk factors of abusive men between 2017 and 2020, analyzing the differences that occur according to the severity of the violence and the characteristics of the victims, in addition to establishing which indicators increase the risk of severe violence.

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