The presence of domestic violence with inmates in the prison Požega

Nasilje u obitelji se definira kao opetovano nasilje usmjereno prema intimnom partneru ili drugom članu obitelji, a uključuje različite oblike nasilja poput fizičkog, psihičkog, do ekonomskog i seksualnog. Republika Hrvatska je u zadnjih dva desetljeća uložila mnogo napora i uvela (pogotovo u zakonodavstvo) mnogo novina vezanih uz regulaciju nasilja u obitelji. Pritom prvenstveno misleći na donošenje Zakona o zaštiti od nasilja u obitelji. Cilj rada je steći uvid u prisutnost nasilja u obitelji. Istraživanje je provedeno na uzorku od 46 (N=46) zatvorenica koje su u studenom 2014. godine bile na izdržavanju kazne zatvora u Kaznionici u Požegi. S obzirom na cilj istraživanja postavljena su četiri problemska pitanja: koliko često su zatvorenice doživljavale nasilje u obitelji, koliko često su zatvorenice činile nasilje u obitelji, postoji li povezanost između kategorija doživljenog i počinjenog nasilja te koliko je počinjeno i doživljeno nasilje u obitelji povezano s vjerovanjem u mitove o nasilju u obitelji. Rezultati sugeriraju da sudionice češće doživljavaju nego što čine nasilje u obitelji. Gledano prema specifičnim oblicima nasilja, najzastupljenije jest verbalno nasilje a najmanje zastupljeno je psihičko nasilje (i doživljeno i počinjeno). Pokazala se značajna povezanost između kategorija doživljenog i počinjenog nasilja dok se povezanost doživljenog i počinjenog nasilja i vjerovanja u mitove o nasilju u obitelji pokazala pozitivnom za šest od sveukupno 17 mitova. Također se pokazalo da je više mitova bilo povezano s počinjenim nego s doživljenim nasiljem. Rezultati istraživanja mogu pridonijeti izradi programa za prevenciju nasilja u obitelji posebice u dijelu prepoznavanja oblika nasilja s obzirom da dobiveni rezultati ukazuju navedeno.Domestic violence among female inmates at Požega Penitentiary Domestic violence can be defined as continuous violence toward intimate partner or other family member. It includes different types of violence such as physical, psychological, financial and sexual. Republic of Croatia devoted a lot of effort around regulation of domestic violence in the last two decades (especially the justice system). First law considering domestic violence was enacted in 2003. The goal of this thesis is to gain insight in presence of domestic violence within population of inmates serving time in prison. The research was conducted with 46 (N=46) female inmates who were in Požega Penitentiary in November of 2014. Regarding the goal of the research four specific questions were asked: how often do inmates experience domestic violence, how often do they commit it, is there any correlation between experienced and committed violence and is experienced and committed violence correlated with beliefs regarding myths about domestic violence. The results have shown that participants more often experience than commit violence. Examined by specific types of violence, verbal violence is the one which is most both experienced and committed and psychological is the one which is the least experienced and committed. Results show positive correlation between the two categories of violence. Correlation between experienced and committed violence and myths about domestic violence was positive with 6 out of 17 myths. It was also shown that more myths were correlated with committed than with experienced violence. The results of the study can serve as a basis for planning a program for preventing domestic violence especially when talking about recognizing domestic violence