Background/Objective: Violence against women impacts on global health. We evaluate the degree of discrepancy between the protocols completed by the police and the forensic team, investigate the profile of the accused and the victim and evaluate the variables studied in the risk assessment protocols. Method: A retrospective observational descriptive epidemiological study was carried out with all the urgent assessments of the risk of gender-based violence carried out by the forensic expert adhered to the Unidades de Valoración Integral [Comprehensive Assessment Units] of the Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences of the Region of Murcia (Spain) during 2020. A total of 95 urgent assessment reports were included. Results: The profile of the female victim resulted a 36 years old woman, who has suffered repeated physical and psychological abuse and who continues to live with the offender as a result of economic dependence. The accused profile was a 40 years old man, with a criminal record and a pattern of consumption of toxic substances. Conclusions: We detected a high degree of concordance between the assessments by the Police and the forensic team. However, we found discrepancies in 11.6% of the reports in which, the consideration of the intermediate risk category, may help in the decision-making process for protection measures.
RESUMENAntecedentes/Objetivos: La violencia contra las mujeres impacta en la salud global. Evaluamos el grado de discrepancia entre los protocolos cumplimentados por la policía y el equipo forense, investigamos el perfil del agresor y la víctima y evaluamos las variables estudiadas en los protocolos de valoración del riesgo. Método: Se realizó estudio epidemiológico descriptivo observacional retrospectivo con todas las valoraciones urgentes de riesgo de violencia de género realizadas por los equipos forenses de las Unidades de Valoración Forense Integral (UVFI) adscritos al