Droge za silovanje - pojedini kriminalistički aspekti, informisanost i stavovi mladih

Abstract

Rape has always attracted attention of both general and professional public, primarily due to the fact that it represents the most flagrant attack against an individual's sexual integrity, frequently involving intense violence. However, the overall technical and technological progress along with pharmacological advancement have nowadays resulted in a possibility of avoiding physical violence in a large number of committed acts of rape by preventing the victim from offering resistance using chemical substances with sensory properties that can conveniently be administered without the victim's awareness. Moreover, such substances cause amnesia in victims, so that, as a rule, the offences go unreported and no measures are taken against perpetrators, which makes this type of criminal activity even more dangerous. In the light of the above said, following a brief overview of the properties of these substances and a number of relevant observations related to criminalistics and criminal law, the authors present the findings of their study focusing of the familiarity of young people - as the most seriously threatened part of the population - with the existence of the so-called rape drugs, their forms and properties, possible experiences and modalities of defence against possible rapists. The research conducted in the course of 2018 on a sample of over 200 respondents analysed relevant attitudes of students of the Faculty of Philosophy and Medical School of the University in Novi Sad and the University of Criminal Investigation and Police Studies in Belgrade. The findings of the research indicate that there is general awareness of the phenomenon among the respondents, with only some vague knowledge about details and with significant differences in the responses to certain questions given by students from different faculties or universities.