POLICE AND EXPERIENCE WITH THE LAW ON PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

V Sloveniji je bil leta 2008 sprejet Zakon o preprečevanju nasilja v družini, ki z opredelitvijo nalog organov in organizacij določa njihovo vlogo pri preprečevanju nasilja v družinskem okolju in pred zlorabami, s čemer jih zavezuje k oblikovanju preventivnih programom in dejavnosti. Žrtve nasilja, ki potrebujejo pomoč, se običajno najprej obrnejo na policijo, center za socialno delo ali nevladne organizacije. Raziskava je pokazala, da za policijo Zakon preprečevanju nasilja v družini ni prinesel veliko sprememb, saj na podlagi pooblastil, ki jih imajo svoje delo še naprej opravljajo tako kot so ga pred tem zakonom. Medtem, ko pa center za socialno delo in varna hiša dobro izvršujeta omenjeni zakon in po sprejetju tega zakona tudi lažje delata. Nasilje je kaznivo dejanje, ki lahko žrtvam pusti nepopravljive posledice in zanj ni opravičila. Kljub temu, da je danes nasilje družbeni problem in ne sodi več v zasebno sfero, nevladne organizacije opozarjajo, da je delež neprijavljenega nasilja, še posebej, ko gre za nasilje v domačem okolju in partnerskih odnosih, še vedno mnogo višji od uradnih podatkov.In Slovenia, the Act on the Prevention of Violence in the family was passed in 2008 by determination of the tasks of bodies, organizations and their role in the prevention of domestic violence and abuse linking it to the prevention programs and activities. Victims of violence who need assistance, usually go to the police first, Center for social work or NGOs. A research has shown that the Police Act preventing domestic violence has not brought many changes. On the basis of the powers at work they continue to perform as it was before the law. The Centre for Social Work and the Safe House exercise the Act and after passing this law it has also become much easier to work. Violence is a criminal offence that can cause irreversible damage to victims, and there is no excuse for it. Despite the fact that violence is now a social problem and no longer in the private sphere, NGOs have been warning that the proportion of unreported violence, especially when it comes to domestic violence and partner relations, has still been much higher than shown by the official data