More than 160 people from Cordoba comply custodial sentences after being convicted of crimes of gender-based violence. Thus, the number of attackers in prison has increased almost 50 percent in a decade, according to statistical data from the Department of Equality collected by ABC.
Thus, in September 2014, the number of prisoners behind bars for having committed acts of physical and psychological violence against a woman barely exceeded a hundred (110); ten years later, it rose to 164. This represents 2.1% of the total number of prisoners for mistreatment in Spain and 8.6% in Andalusia.
These are not the only data which reveal that the scourge of gender violence, which mobilized thousands of people this Sunday in a massive demonstration in the capital, increases in the province. The Córdoba public prosecutor’s office has already warned against this gradual increase. Based on data from the last full year (2023), 3,176 criminal proceedingsincluding 1,631 emergency procedures, 1,115 preliminary procedures, 317 rapid procedures, 95 abbreviated procedures, 10 summary procedures and five ordinary procedures. Comparing these figures with those for fiscal year 2022, the increase is evident: urgent procedures increased by an additional 494 procedures and prior procedures an increase of 113 procedures.
Regarding complaints, the latest reports from the General Council of the Judicial Power (CGPJ) also show a higher number in the first half of 2024. Between January and June (latest data published) 1,377 complaints due to mistreatment, an average of eight a day. During the same period in 2023, there were 1,364.
Due to more cases, more applications have also been filed protection orders for victims: 233 in the first six months of the current fiscal year, compared to 220 in 2023 (6 percent more).
331 sentenced in 6 months
Between January and June, they sat on the dock of the accused 357 men for gender-based violence, of whom 331 (92.7 percent) were convicted, the vast majority being nationals.
In this sense, the highest percentage of beliefs perpetrators occur in courts of violence against women. The numbers haven’t changed much and have remained above 90% for the past three years: 90.8% in 2021; 96.5% in 2022 and 94.3% in 2023.
Regarding the relationship between victim and attackerAccording to the CGPJ report relating to the last quarter of 2024, 41.46 percent of cases concerned ex-spouses, 26.8 percent were boyfriends, 21.1 percent were ex-spouses and 10.5 percent were ex-spouses.
An issue of great concern is how gender-based violence affects minors. It was only in the first six months of this year that there were 8 numbers with hairless defendants before the courts of Cordoba. Over the whole of 2023, there were 16.
On the other hand, the latest data from the Global Gender Violence Surveillance System (VioGen) also corroborate the prevalence of violence against women. According to the latest published statistics (data as of October 31), around twenty residents of Córdoba are subject to regular police surveillance. They are at high or extreme risk of suffering an attack that could cost them their life at the hands of their partner or ex-spouse.
The province of Córdoba currently has more than 2,000 cases active in gender violence (2,277). Additionally, another 11,382 files are classified as “inactive”; These, due to certain circumstances, are temporarily not subject to monitoring and can be resumed at any time.
This reality comes up against a lack of resources and the extreme saturation of organizations dealing with these issues; this is the case of the Court of Violence against Women of Córdoba, which is in permanent service, every day and during all working hours. hearing, and who must take care of the holding of family proceedings and trials for minor offenses.
