Causes and manifestations of homicide resulting from domestic violence in the Republic of Serbia

• Published in: Sociološki preglad Vol. 58; no. 2; pp. 548 - 572
• Main Authors: Kolarić, Dragana Z, Marković, Saša M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Serbian Sociological Society 2024; Српско социолошко друштво
• Subjects: Family and social welfare; Social development; Social Norms / Social Control; Social Sciences; Sociology; Studies in violence and power; Victimology; domestic violence; repression; homicide; prevention; suicide
• ISSN: 0085-6320; 2560-4880
• DOI: 10.5937/socpreg58-49145

As for the nature and scope of the research, we emphasize that it included: the nature of the objects used in cases involving homicide; crime scene; family relationships between the perpetrator and the victim; measures taken by state authorities; analysis of the causes of depriving family members of their lives; the number of suicides following the cases of homicide, and types of homicides. The methods used include primarily the statistical method, at the level of descriptive statistics; case study method; content analysis method, and formal-logical method. It has been found that the application of the pre-crime concept gives certain positive results that are related to our research problem. They are reflected in the reduced number of victims deprived of their lives as a result of domestic violence. On the other hand, however, we notice a negative tendency of an increased number of homicides in the events involving perpetrators/repeat offenders who were previously reported due to domestic violence, which may bring into question the effectiveness in the acting of the competent state authorities.