Police and Security, Vol. 33 No. 2, 2024.
Review article
https://doi.org/10.59245/ps.33.2.5
Some Victimology Characteristics of Misdemeanours of Domestic Violence in the Area of Pitomača Police Station
Antonio Balić
orcid.org/0009-0006-6029-9691
; Policijska postaja Pitomača, PU virovitičko-podravska, Hrvatska
Suzana Kikić
; Veleučilište kriminalistike i javne sigurnosti, Zagreb, MUP RH
Mirjana Kondor-Langer
Abstract
The paper presents the results of research conducted in 2022 in the area of the Pitomača police station.
The goal of the research was to gain insight into individual victimological and sociodemographic
characteristics and experiences of victims of domestic violence. The sample consisted of 40 adult victims
of domestic violence of different genders. They were selected by the method of random sampling from
a group of victims of misdemeanours under Art. 10 of the Protection Against Domestic Violence Act
(Ofcial Gazette 70/17, 126/19, 84/21, 114/22). Misdemeanours included in this research were all
committed in the past four years. A survey questionnaire was used for the research. For the purposes
of this research, groups of variables were used that describe the sociodemographic characteristics of
victims and the experiences of victims of domestic violence. The data obtained from the research indicate
the need to respect specifc victimological characteristics of the victims in the area of the Pitomača
police station, especially with regard to economic, social, educational and cultural characteristics. The
research indicates that activities aimed at strengthening the awareness of the entire population about
domestic violence as a serious problem should be undertaken, followed by socioeconomic measures to
achieve a higher educational and economic level, especially in the Roma cultural environment. In the
implementation of these measures, it is necessary to take into account the equal representation of the
sexes, which, in addition to increasing the quality of life, would lead to a change in attitudes about sex
and gender equality and the unacceptability of domestic violence.
Keywords
misdemeanours, domestic violence, sociodemographic characteristics, experiences, victims
Hrčak ID:
318000
URI
Publication date:
19.6.2024.
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