Annual of social work, Vol. 12 No. 2, 2005.
Professional paper
PSYCHOSOCIAL TREATMENT OF PERPETRATORS OF FAMILY VIOLENCE – THE AUSTRIAN EXPERIENCE
Dean Ajduković
Marina Ajduković
Ksenija Bauer
Abstract
Taking the recent changes in the Croatian legislation, which created the possibility for psychosocial treatment for the perpetrators of family violence, as a starting point, the paper describes the Austrian experiences in the fight against violence in the family. Special attention was paid to (1) police powers to immediately remove the perpetrator of violence from his home for ten days, (2) the work of intervention centres that use a proactive approach to the victim of family violence, and (3) the model of psychosocial treatment of abusers that has been applied in Austria since 1999. The aforementioned experienced have been analysed in the light of the need to create prerequisites for a coordinated, proactive and quick action in cases of family violence in Croatia.
Keywords
violence in tha family; treatment of perpetrators of violence; proactive approach to family violence; Austria
Hrčak ID:
2021
URI
Publication date:
13.1.2006.
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