Socio-psychological portrait of women who have been subjected to violence: general characteristics of the problem in the Scandinavian countries and Russia

Abstract

The article provides a comparative analysis of the socio-psychological portrait of women who have been subjected to violence abroad and in Russia. The subject of the analysis is the psychological, social and national characteristics of women who have ever been subjected to violence. The difficulties of adopting the draft law "On the prevention of domestic violence in the Russian Federation" are considered in detail. This draft law gives a broad interpretation of the concept of "domestic violence" and proposes to accept this phenomenon as a legal problem in order to effectively combat domestic violence. It is noted that Scandinavian women differ from each other in their national and psychological characteristics, consequently, when faced with domestic violence, they will also behave completely differently. However, the socio-psychological portrait of the victims, both in Russia and in Northern Europe, will be the same. In this regard, there is an urgent need for theoretical and empirical research in the field of organizing social work with women who have been subjected to violence, where the key element is the provision of a wide range of social services by social work specialists to this category of the population. The social experience of the Northern European countries in providing assistance to female victims of domestic violence is very effective.