Przemoc domowa wobec dzieci i młodzieży szkolnej na obszarach wiejskich, wiejsko-miejskich i miejskich Pomorza Zachodniego
Domestic violence against schoolchildren in the rural, rural-urban, and urban areas of Western Pomerania

Summary/Abstract: Within Western Pomerania’s system of counteracting domestic violence a series of research studies have been carried out since 2015 into the scale of domestic violence against schoolchildren. The article discusses the results of analysis of five forms of violence (psychological violence, physical violence, neglect, economic violence, and sexual violence) in the rural, rural-urban, and urban areas. The research concept was implemented with the use of a representative sampling method by means of a questionnaire-based audit interview, and using a research tool developed to measure the social scale of the phenomenon of domestic violence experienced by schoolchildren. It was observed that the phenomenon of domestic violence against minors has reached the level of 48.2 per cent in the rural area, 51.8 per cent in the urban-rural area, and 65.5 per cent in the urban area. The most frequent form of violence is psychological violence which, depending of the area, reaches various levels: 42.4 per cent in the rural area, 51.3 per cent in the urban-rural area, and 60.5 per cent in the urban area. The remaining, less frequently observed forms of violence also reveal differentiation by area. 13.6 per cent of schoolchildren experience three or more forms of violence, which – because of the fact that in such a situation a victim is practically totally hurt – makes us ask the question whether this percentage constitutes a measure of family life pathology.

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