In 2003, various laws on domestic violence were passed, leading to the criminalisation of occasional violence and a general aggravation of penalties in this area. The empirical investigation that has been carried out, concerning occasional mistreatment in the context of the couple, seeks to ascertain how this increase in penalties has been applied by judges. To this end, a quantitative analysis has been carried out of the convictions for the offence in question and of the enforcement orders corresponding to each of those judgments, which served to ascertain when judges opt for imprisonment and when to use work for the benefit of the community for occasional mistreatment in the couple; what are the final penalties actually served; and what is the rate of application of the rules of conduct, namely the obligation to carry out training or treatment programmes as a condition for granting suspension of the prison sentence.