Domestic violence: Case of Kosovo

• Author: Saranda Shatri
• Position: AAB College, Kosovo
• Pages: 221-226

Vol. 4 No. 1

March, 2018

ISSN 2410-3918

Acces online at www.iipccl.org

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Academic Journal of Business, Administration, Law and Social Sciences

IIPCCL Publishing, Graz-Austria

Domestic violence: Case of Kosovo

Saranda Shatri

AAB College, Kosovo

Abstract

Nowadays, domestic violence is present in all countries and is having bad impact in the family

development. In this manuscript we will analyze the domestic violence in Kosovo. Cases of

domestic violence a er the war in Kosovo from year to year have increased and given its

consequences not only for the family, but also for the society, which imposes the need for a

research. There are many factors that a ect social life, domestic violence is one of them that

is having a very bad impact and in this paper it will be analyzed the number of cases and

also the factors that are causing the domestic violence in Kosovo. To analyze the situation

of domestic violence in Kosovo we have used primary and secondary data. Based on results

domestic violence is present in females at around 81% and males around 19%. The treatment

of domestic violence is even worse in the urban areas. This paper can also serve as a su cient

reference for future research in measuring economic growth and development pace of the

country.

Keywords: domestic violence, family, female, male.

Introduction

Domestic violence is not a new phenomenon, formal commitment and treatment to

this phenomenon. Domestic violence is classifi ed as a criminal o ense in Kosovo.

Incriminating this phenomenon in the family as a criminal o ense also represents an

achievement of domestic legislation in harmony with international legal norms.

Domestic violence is present and growing in the contemporary world, both in the

Balkan region and beyond. Unfortunately, this phenomenon is also present in Kosovo.

The referral of cases of domestic violence a er the Kosovo war from year to year has

increased and given its consequences not only for the family, but also for the society

imposes the need for research.

Initially, in the fi rst years a er the Kosovo war to address the phenomenon of domestic

violence, more international NGOs have been engaged in cooperation with local

ones. All this commitment represents an important role but not su cient and does

not completely address domestic violence. The treatment was done partly by being

limited to certain regions, where local NGOs were more active and more willing to

engage in this process. It has o en been given priority to urban areas, leaving many

rural se lements apart. It should be noted that the activity of NGOs was mainly

aware-oriented, with the exception of some NGOs that were directly involved in

dealing with victims of violence.

There have been some more superfi cial researches in Kosovo to see the number

of cases of violence referred to the responsible institutions, but not to a scientifi c

level. Main purpose of this research project is to identify, detect the causes of this