Abstract
Like many other countries in the world, Kosovo has faced a severe public health situation as a result of COVID-19. Kosovar society has been quarantined to protect it from the spread of COVID-19. Putting the community into quarantine has had a positive effect on stopping the spread of COVID-19; however, it has harmed domestic violence in Kosovar society, increasing the number of cases. This study aims to show the extent of violence and the causes of domestic violence in Kosovar society. The survey results show that domestic violence in Kosovo has increased (by 19.75 %) during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with the same months in the previous year (2019). The leading causes of domestic violence are stress (18.9 %), socio-economic insecurity (11.4 %), and a lack of physical space in the house/apartment (4.4 %).
Highlights
The global society during 2020 has faced the unusual phenomenon of COVID-19
A pandemic occurs when an epidemic spread between countries; in the case of COVID-19 the World Health Organization (WHO) claimed that it is the first pandemic caused by a coronavirus [1]
Domestic violence has had an important place since it has been influenced by the pandemic's new situation (COVID-19)
Summary
The spread of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in late 2019 seemed a priori to be the localized disease. Still, it spread rapidly in early 2020 to many parts of the world, alerting contemporary society that it faces an invisible, unknown enemy that will produce unforeseen consequences. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a pandemic is spreading a new disease across the world. "a pandemic is the highest possible level of disease or a measure of how many people have contracted a particular disease and how widespread it is. Before a common disease can reach pandemic proportions, it must overcome several other levels, which according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are: sporadic, endemic, epidemic and pandemic" [1]
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