{"id":6385,"date":"2024-07-11T14:37:09","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T12:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kidstoo.ch\/projets-2\/couts-de-la-violence-domestique\/"},"modified":"2024-11-12T11:19:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T10:19:35","slug":"couts-de-la-violence-domestique","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kidstoo.ch\/en\/projets-2\/couts-de-la-violence-domestique\/","title":{"rendered":"Co\u00fbts de la violence domestique"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Domestic violence has a cost<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Political choices and the costs of domestic violence<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

At the level of political decision-makers, it makes sense to allocate the resources available, whether in terms of personnel, structures or infrastructure, in line with political objectives or international commitments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To this end, if the political objectives or international commitments are relatively easy to define or identify, the appropriate allocation depends on the quality of the information available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Federal Office for Gender Equality ( FOGE ) lists a large number of reports, studies, etc. relating to domestic violence (linhttps:\/\/www.ebg.admin.ch\/en\/publications-violence-en<\/a>k).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013 study on the costs of violence in relationships (2011 figures)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In Switzerland, the costs of domestic violence were estimated in a 2013 study commissioned from INFRAS by the Federal Office for Gender Equality. This report is available in long form <\/a>or as a summary<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Tous les co\u00fbts occasionn\u00e9s par la violence dans les relations de couple n\u2019ont pas pu \u00eatre calcul\u00e9s dans le cadre de cette recherche. Il manque en effet notamment les bases de donn\u00e9es n\u00e9cessaires pour d\u00e9terminer les co\u00fbts des proc\u00e9dures judiciaires, les co\u00fbts des offres de soutien destin\u00e9es aux enfants expos\u00e9s \u00e0 la violence conjugale, y compris les probl\u00e8mes de sant\u00e9 qui d\u00e9coulent de cette violence. Or, il pourrait s\u2019agir de montants non n\u00e9gligeables, car l\u2019exposition \u00e0 la violence a de vastes r\u00e9percussions, qui peuvent durer toute une vie. Sans oublier que les enfants ainsi expos\u00e9s encourent un risque tr\u00e8s important de devenir \u00e0 leur tour victimes ou auteur\u00b7e\u00b7s d\u2019actes de violence \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge adulte.”<\/p>\nExtract from the foreword by the Director of the FOGE<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Children-related costs<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Results of the study in figures<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

The main costs calculated are<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Type of cost for domestic violence within a couple<\/th>Estimated amount
in millions of CHF<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Direct tangible costs for 2011<\/td>124 – 186<\/td><\/tr>
Indirect tangible costs for 2011<\/td>40 – 102<\/td><\/tr>
Total tangible costs (annual costs for 2011)<\/strong><\/td>164 – 287<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Intangible costs (loss of quality of life, lifelong costs)<\/strong><\/td>1969<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Total annual costs of domestic violence within a couple<\/td>n\/a<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The authors of the report point out that tangible costs (for one year) and intangible costs (over a lifetime) cannot be added together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is why, in political presentations of the annual costs of domestic\/domestic violence, figures of between 164 and 287 million are used rather than an annual cost of between 2’133 and 2’256 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Extrapolation to the costs of domestic violence<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In the method used by the authors of the 2013 study, they used an average factor of 75% to represent the costs within the couple compared with the costs of domestic violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, in an exchange of e-mails with the INFRAS institute in November 2020, the latter admitted that, if the tangible and intangible costs cannot be added together, all other things being equal<\/strong><\/em>, it is legitimate to add them together. The BFEG was then informed of this possibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Type of cost for domestic<\/em> violence<\/th>Estimated amount
in millions of CHF<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Direct tangible costs for 2011<\/td>165 – 248<\/td><\/tr>
Indirect tangible costs for 2011<\/td>53 – 136<\/td><\/tr>
Total tangible costs (annual costs for 2011)<\/strong><\/td>218 – 384<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Intangible costs (loss of quality of life, lifelong costs)<\/strong><\/td>2’625<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Total annual costs of domestic violence (all other things being equal in 2011)<\/em><\/strong><\/td>2’843 – 3’009<\/em><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Domestic violence generates annual costs of at least 3 billion, although it has not been possible to put a figure on all the costs (see the quote from the President of the FOGE mentioned above).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Between the figures used at political level and the estimate, the latter is ten times more costly to society. Economically, it makes sense to allocate substantial resources to studying and preventing domestic violence and punishing the perpetrators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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