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IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON VIOLENCE AGAINST CLOSELY RELATED PERSONS IN CROATIA

Autor(i)

  • Marissabell Škorić Sveučilište u Rijeci, Pravni fakultet

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30925/zpfsr.43.2.1

Ključne riječi:

nasilje na štetu bliske osobe, kazneno djelo, prekršaj, COVID-19 pandemija, lockdown, Hrvatska, violence against closely related persons; criminal offense; misdemeanour; COVID-19 pandemic; lockdown; Croatia

Sažetak

For victims of domestic violence, obligatory lockdowns aimed at preventing the
spread of COVID-19 have trapped them inside the home with their abusers 24
hours a day and isolated them from the people and resources that could help
them. Due to the countrywide lockdown, the abusers are continuously present
in the victims’ lives and have a greater ability to terrify them and control their
lives. Home has become a double-edged sword for the victims of domestic
violence – the safest place from the Coronavirus and the most dangerous place
because they are isolated with their abusers. This research aims to explore
how COVID-19 social restrictions have affected the occurrence of violence
against closely related persons in Croatia. To this end, police data will be
compared and analysed on the number of reported cases of violence committed
to the detriment of a closely related person during the lockdown period and
immediately before and after it. Special attention will be paid to the qualification
of criminal offences committed against a closely related person and to the sociodemographic characteristics of perpetrators and victims of that violence. Based
on the interpretation of the data, we assess whether significant discrepancies in
the cases of family violence committed during lockdown can be detected. The
conclusion points to certain shortcomings in the manner of monitoring the trend
of violence among closely related persons in Croatia and the need to address
this phenomenon systematically and comprehensively.

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2022-06-30

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Škorić, M. (2022). IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON VIOLENCE AGAINST CLOSELY RELATED PERSONS IN CROATIA. Zbornik Pravnog Fakulteta Sveučilišta U Rijeci, 43(2), 277–303. https://doi.org/10.30925/zpfsr.43.2.1