DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS A PROBLEM OF CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS A PROBLEM OF CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY

Summary/Abstract: Domestic violence is an important global issue and a contemporary society faces this serious challenge on a daily basis. Every type of a behaviour where family members jeopardise each other can be characterised as violence. Studies have shown different types of domestic violence: physical, sexual, psychological, economical and passive violence. Victims can be persons of both sexes and of any age: women, children, the elderly, and, lately, violence against men is on the increase. Violence against women happens within a family and, in most cases, it remains unreported to the authorities. There are a lot of reasons why women tolerate violence. However, those reasons are usually divided into those referring to subjective feelings of a victim and those referring to cultural surroundings. Violence against children involves all types of domestic violence in a family with children. The most frequent types of violence against children are physical, sexual, and emotional. Child neglect is also increasingly present. Currently, violence against men committed by women is on the increase. A great number of these cases is recorded during a divorce proceeding. When it comes to violence against the elderly, all types of violence are present. Due to fragile health conditions of older people, consequences can be very serious. As a matter of practice, there three main types of abusers: a typical abuser (a seemingly normally socialised person), an abuser with a personality disorder syndrome (thinks that violence is a normal reaction to a conflict situation) and an abuser with an antisocial personality disorder (in most cases they have a confirmed mental illness diagnosis). The statistics divide the data on victims of violence into types of violence, gender structure and age structure. Psychological violence is most common. It is followed by physical, economic and sexual violence. The largest number of victims are women, but male victims are also becoming more common.Victims of violence are mostly adults. When it comes to children, most victims are under the age of fourteen. In the Republic of Serbia, the problems of violence are dealt with by the Criminal code, the Criminal procedure code, the Family law, the Law on Police, the Domestic Violence Prevention Act which includes determining the level and type of the imminent violence threat, the means of law application and the application of different regulations. This law defines the authorities of the state bodies and institutions. The problems of violence should be spoken about more often and without hesitation. The intervention should be quick and direct. The community should support and help all the victims of domestic violence.

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