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Implementation of Croatia's Domestic Violence Legislation

Domestic violence is a serious problem in Croatia. According to a 2010 survey, domestic violence affects one in three families, and up to 40% of Croatian citizens know at least one victim of domestic violence. Women are overwhelmingly the target: they make up only 3-12% of the perpetrators but 70-83% of the victim. The review of Croatian domestic violence legislation since 2003 was done and compare with their implementation in practice using focus group of representatives from different sectors: health, social and well-fare, education, police, judgment/court, female groups and media. SWOT analysis shows that a legal framework to prevent, protect and solve the existing problem is done on the best way. The weaknesses are in implementation policy into practice. The presentation will describe positive experiences and problems in protocol implementation. Majority of challenges are based on (a) confusion in the classification, (b) absence of new guidelines, (c) limited ability to obtain protective measures, (d) limited facilities for puerpetors psychosocial treatment, (e) lack of intersectoral collaboration and (f) lack of professional internal and external motives to deal with this problem. While Government of Croatia has taken important steps to combat domestic violence, monitoring revealed that the state must undertake additional measures in primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. Despite domestic violence is recognized as one of a major public health problem due to prevalence and costs. Health and public health professionals are still so far away to be fully engage in its recognition and management.

domestic violence ; legislation ; Croatia

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