Stavovi policijskih službenika Policijske uprave u Sremskoj Mitrovici o porodičnom nasilju i primeni Zakona o sprečavanju nasilja u porodici

Abstract

The aim of this research was to examine the attitudes of police officers about some characteristics of domestic violence, with special emphasis on the implementation of the Law on the Prevention of Domestic Violence. Empirical findings were gathered by the survey encompassing 31 police officers from the Police Department in Sremska Mitrovica who have obtained certificates in accordance with the mentioned law. Following data collection, a statistic method was applied to sort, classify and process them at the level of descriptive statistics and the computer program IBM SPSS Statistics 20 was used for this purpose. This research has determined the frequency of various forms of domestic violence, structure of victims and perpetrators, as well as their mutual relations. It has pointed out the scope and some of the reasons for the existence of a dark number of domestic violence, especially in cases in which children exerted violence against parents and in which policemen were in the role of a victim or a perpetrator. The most frequent reasons have been determined for not abandoning a violent partner, recalling criminal charges or misuse of the right to report domestic violence. Given that one of the innovations in the Law on the Prevention of Domestic Violence is the implementation of urgent measures within the national legal system, frequency of their implementation is also subject matter under research. A particular part of the research is dedicated to examining the current state in terms of cooperation among the police and other competent state organs and institutions in cases of domestic violence, which could be the basis of consideration for direction and extent of its improvement.