Suppression Of Violence Research Articles

Senzacionalizam i političke svađe: analiza medijskog izvještavanja o procesu ratifikacije Istanbulske konvencije u Hrvatskoj

In order to establish supervision over the implementation of the law on the suppression of violence against women, the Council of Europe designed the Istanbul Convention, the ratification of which was voted by Croatia on April 13, 2018. The document caused public disagreement and political strife in Croatia, and the way the media reported on this problem was of significant importance in the process of creating public perception and public opinion. The main goal of this paper is to point out the biased media reporting on the process of ratification of the Istanbul Convention in Croatia. Qualitative and quantitative content analysis and discourse analysis were used, and the research was conducted on a sample of 882 articles published on six internet portals in the period from March 13 to April 13, 2018. The analysis confirmed the assumption that the most read Croatian portals focused on conflicts. and social division, and the most media attention was given to politicians and their conflicts. Although most portals maintained their neutrality when writing short news and reports, editorial preference could clearly be deduced from the selection of commentators and columnists. Almost no article emphasized the experiences of abused women and the importance of ratifying such a document for their safety and future.

Robbins, Richard G. Jr Overtaken by the Night: One Russian's Journey through Peace, War, Revolution, and Terror (review)

SEER, 96, 4, OCTOBER 2018 786 modernity.Withacapacious,interdisciplinaryunderstandingofspace,Bilenky deploys spatial theory in a way that is accessible to historians while inviting social scientists to partake in the conversation about imperial urbanism. Department of History Marcel Radosław Garboś Harvard University Robbins, Richard G. Jr. Overtaken by the Night: One Russian’s Journey through Peace, War, Revolution, and Terror. Pitt Series in Russian and East European Studies. University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, PA, 2017. xviii + 564 pp. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $39.95. Biographies are not in fashion among academic historians. Whilst the reading public seems to love consuming the lives of famous figures, many historians feel biography provides a restricted view on events, prioritizes one individual’s views and experiences, and risks eulogizing the subject and over-emphasizing human agency. Even when historians tackle these issues directly, they usually do so through a few famous individuals. All this is a shame, for as Richard G. Robbins demonstrates in this informative study, biographies of less prominent figures can provide invaluable insights into a wide range of issues. The subject of this study, Vladimir Dzhunkovskii, takes the reader into the centre of power in late imperial Russia. Born into the nobility, he was educated at the Corps of Pages before joining the elite Preobrazhenskii Guards regiment. Soon afterwards, he was appointed an adjutant to the regiment’s commander, Grand Duke Sergei, cementing personal ties that gave him unusual access into court circles. As Sergei became Governor-General of Moscow, Dzhunkovskii was introduced to local politics, taking on various roles before becoming, amid the revolutionary turmoil of 1905, vice-governor and then governor of Moscow province. His rise continued in 1913 when he was appointed as Assistant Minister of Internal Affairs with responsibility for the security police (Okhrana), a post he held for two years. Dismissed in part due to his criticism of Rasputin, he served at the front, deliberately selecting a regular army unit. The February Revolution saw him struggle to maintain discipline and his unit’s fighting effectiveness, whilst the October Revolution brought arrests, departure from the military and the material struggle to survive. For ‘former people’ like Dzhunkovskii, it was impossible to escape their past, but this could work both ways. On the one hand, it brought threats, either serving as a witness (in the trial of the Bolshevik police agent, Roman Malinovskii) or as a defendant in his own trial. On the other, his specialist knowledge of security matters meant he was not entirely discarded, but consulted for advice and protected from the worst persecution. Dzhunkovskii spent much of the 1920s and 1930s taking on REVIEWS 787 various jobs to survive and writing his memoirs before his past — as with so many others — caught up with him in 1938 and he was executed. Robbins covers all of this in a comprehensive and entertaining chronological account,andindoingsohetouchesonawiderangeofissuesfromnational,local andcourtpoliticstohighsociety,socialreformandtherevolutionarymovement. Throughout, Robbins displays extensive knowledge of his subject, defers to others when their knowledge is greater, and provides careful judgements and evocative detail. This is not to say, however, that some of the perils of biography do not rear their heads. Robbins has researched his subject widely, including in archives, but he remains reliant on Dzhunkovskii’s extensive memoirs to structure and inform his account. This allows Dzhunkovskii’s thoughts and beliefs to come to the fore and Robbins is suitably critical in places, but for every critique, there are numerous other instances when the analysis is very much Dzhunkovskii’s own. This leads at times to the biographer’s greatest danger — excessive sympathy with the subject. Dzhunkovskii, as Robbins readily admits, was a monarchist at heart and served an often repressive regime for many decades. To be sure, his brand of conservatism was far from the reactionary politics practised by others. Indeed, shining a light on the complex and often contradictory mix of authoritarianism and reform that made up conservatism during this period is one of the achievements of this biography. Yet one does feel that more attention is given, for instance, to Dzhunkovskii’s desire for reform, whether for workers or for the secret police, than some less salubrious episodes, such as the suppression of violence...

Safety measure 'Ban on attendance at certain sporting events' in practice of police and the judiciary

The Law Amending the Criminal Code of the Republic of Serbia of 2009 has introduced for the first time the safety measure 'Ban on Attendance at Certain Sporting Events' in Serbian criminal sanctions system. Ratio legis of the legislator was efficient and intense fight against violence at sporting events. This paper will present, using the practical examples, in which way this measure is implemented, as well as what positive and negative effects are of such a legal regulation of measures directed at suppression of violence at sporting events in the Republic of Serbia. Also, we shall analyze the court decisions reached in the territory of Kolubara District from the moment when this Article of the Law came into effect until today, which delivered the safety measure of 'Ban on Attendance at Certain Sporting Events'. We shall also analyze the manners of carrying out or failures to carry out certain judicial decisions due to many objective and subjective reasons. We shall particularly give a review of the actions of the police, who are in charge of monitoring the implementation of safety measures, i.e. notifying the court on the implementation of the judicial decisions, as well as of the response by the court to the notification that their final judgments are not carried out. Finally, we shall answer the question posed and conclude whether the suppression of violence at sporting events is efficient within our legal system.

A Hobbesian Approach to Political-Economic History

Hobbesian theory provides a key to understanding the interaction of economics and politics in the history of many countries, revealing that the suppression of violence is the first task of any nascent state. Only after governments have assured lasting internal peace by monopolizing violence can economic growth and political stability reinforce each other.

Le langage de la violence dans les enluminures des Grandes chroniques de France dites de Charles V

The fifty miniatures of the Great Chronicles of France depicting the reign of Jean II and of his son were actually painted at the order of Charles V himself. Fourteen out of these deal with the subject of violence. The miniaturist illustrates and interprets brief moments in history and also generalizes or simplifies war scenes and executions. He adheres more to the essentials of the facts and of ideas than to the anecdotal details. He emphasizes the effects of violence, of which he disapproves, but he avoids painting a picture of blood. The composition of the picture, the proportions and the positions of the persons, their gestures and the colours show talented use of new ideas. The king is one of the privileged actors among the nobility, although his pictorial representation is not exempt from criticism. The ‘Valois’, guarantors of a firmly established society and supporters of Christian values, extending even to the suppression of violence, are the objects of intensive propaganda.