Violence on people with intellectual disabilities

U ovom radu se istražuje nasilje nad osobama s intelektualnim teškoćama. Budući da je ova problematika u domaćoj literaturi gotovo nepoznata, uvodni dio donosi strana istraživanja vezana uz različite oblike nasilja nad osobama s intelektualnim teškoćama i zakonske odrednice nasilja nad osobama s invaliditetom. Cilj ovog rada bio je ispitati koliko su osobe s intelektualnim teškoćama žrtve nasilja, koje vrste nasilja najčešće doživljavaju i tko su najčešći počinitelji nasilja. Ispitivanje je provedeno na prigodnom uzorku od 59 ispitanika u Zagrebu i Međimurju, metodom polustrukturiranog upitnika izrađenog za ovo istraživanje. Rezultati su pokazali da je najčešće prisutno psihičko, a zatim fizičko nasilje nad osobama s intelektualnim teškoćama, dok nije bilo žrtava seksualnog nasilja. Najčešći počinitelji su prijatelji i roditelji. Jedna trećina ispitanika nikad nije pričala o nasilju. Ispitanici se statistički značajno razlikuju s obzirom na neka obilježja kao što je dob i stupanj intelektualne teškoće. Ovo istraživanje je na tragu postojećih istraživanja nasilja nad osobama s intelektualnim teškoćama uz ograničenja vezana uz prigodni uzorak i upućuje na sustavnije bavljenje tom problematikom.This article examines violence on people with intellectual disabilities. Since this problematic issue is almost unknown in Croatian literature circles, the article’s introduction gives us an insight into foreign research that deals with various forms of violence towards people with intellectual disabilities as well as lawful entries of violence towards the latter. The goal of this paper was to determine the level of violence targeted towards people with intellectual disabilities, what type of violence they experience the most and who are the most frequent perpetrators of such violence. The research was conducted via a semi-structured questionnaire made especially for this investigation; a total of 59 people were interviewed throughout Zagreb and the Međimurje region. The results showed that mental violence was most frequent, physical violence over people with intellectual disabilities followed, whilst there were no victims of sexual violence. The most frequent perpetrators were friends and parents. One third of the examinees had never discussed the violence. The characteristics of the respective examinees were quite different when considering factors such as age and level of disability. These findings follow the already existing research of violence on people with intellectual disabilities with limitations connected to the appropriate sample, and they refer to a more systematic dealing of this problem