Criminological and Criminal Problems of Punishment for Domestic Violence: Theoretical, Practical and Judicial Aspects

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10.2991/aebmr.k.210320.033How to use a DOI?

Keywords

domestic violence, punishment, release from punishment, victim

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of criminological issues about the conditions and causes that contribute to the emergence of domestic violence, as well as the victimological component of this anti-social phenomenon. The sex and characteristics of victims of domestic violence were analyzed. Based on this, the procedural issues related to the refusal of the victim to further prosecution by law enforcement agencies of the person who committed the criminal offence were analyzed. Further consideration concerned the types of punishment applied to perpetrators of domestic violence, identified gaps in the judicial system of sentencing and release from it. Based on the decisions of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, the ways to improve the legislation on domestic violence are analyzed.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ganna Sobko
AU  - Igoris Krzeckovskis
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/03/22
TI  - Criminological and Criminal Problems of Punishment for Domestic Violence: Theoretical, Practical and Judicial Aspects
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Economics, Law and Education Research (ELER 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 186
EP  - 192
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.210320.033
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.210320.033
ID  - Sobko2021
ER  -