A challenging period - adolescence has started. Childhood has been left behind. A child is standing on the threshold facing adulthood. The crucial moment of this extremely responsible period is settlement of proper interrelationship between a child and his/her parents. It is no worth suppressing his/her independence; however, the procedure can in no way be stranded. A mistake made by parents can direct the child towards the influence of criminal offenders. The latter can by no manner of means be tolerated. The younger a person having committed a (violence-related) crime is the higher gets the probability of his/her repeat offence in the future. In Telšiai County children-outlaws are causing greater and greater dismay, the problem of children violence is discussed not only in the works of criminologists and psychologists, but also by influential public figures, politicians and law-and-order officers. Various programs are being developed in order to solve the problem, huge amounts of money are spent. All the above is inspired not only by the elementary perception that a juvenile offender may turn into a dangerous and tough criminal. Members of the society, even though unaware of the conclusions of various social studies being conducted, perfectly realize that violence-related crimes committed by children is also an alarm to their safety, a sign signifying the presence of some kind of disorder in the society itself as well as in the machinery monitoring and reproducing the... [to full text]

Šiame darbe analizuojama tema „Vaikų prievartos bei smurto paplitimo problemos Šiaulių mieste“. Aptartos sąvokos: „smurtas“, „prievarta“, „vaikas“, prievartos rūšys, smurto ir prievartos pasireiškimo būdai. Pagrindinis dėmesys buvo skiriamas tam, kad visai visuomenei būtų atskleistas vaikų naudojamo smurto ir prievartos problemos aktualumas. Teorinės literatūros, Šiaulių miesto policijoje turimų duomenų ir tyrimo analizė atskleidė, jog vaikai naudoja smurtą, emocinę, seksualinę ir egzistencinę prievartas. Dažniausiai šių neteisėtų veiksmų objektais tampa moksleiviai ir kiti asmenys, su kuriais vaikai praleidžia savo laisvalaikį. Vaikai smurtą ir prievartą naudoja savo gyvenamojoje, mokyklos aplinkose, kieme ar gatvėje. Minėtų duomenų analizė parodė, jog vaikai smurtauja ar (ir) naudoja prievartą dėl socialinių ar psichologinių priežasčių. Jų tokius veiksmus įtakoja priklausymas neformalioms jaunimo grupuotėms, skatinančioms smurto ir prievartos naudojimą, girdėta muzika, matyti kino filmai, plakatai, perskaitytos knygos ir kiti šaltiniai, kuriuose demonstruojamos smurto ir prievartos scenos, alkoholio, narkotinių, psichotropinių ir kitų svaiginančiųjų medžiagų poveikis, galima teigti – tokius veiksmus išprovokuojantis aukos elgesys bei visų mūsų, t.y. visuomenės, rodomi elgesio pavyzdžiai. Autorius įsitikinęs, jog vaiko elgesį labiausiai lemia artimiausia socialinė aplinka: šeima, mokykla, formali ir neformali aplinkos, todėl jų analizei darbe buvo skirtas didžiausias dėmesys... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / This work deals with the topic “Problems of the spread of children‘s violence and coercion in Šiauliai city“. It discusses the terms “violence“, “coercion“ and “child”, as well as types of coercion and ways of their manifestation. Emphasis is laid on revealing the problem of children‘s violence and coercion as a matter of great relevance to our society. The analysis of the literature on the topic and the data of the police of Šiauliai city, as well as the research performed have revealed that children use violence, emotional, sexual and existential coercion. The objects of these illegal actions are usually schoolchildren or other people, with whom children spend their leisure time. Children use violence and coercion in their living or school surroundings, in the yard or in the street. The analysis of the mentioned data has demonstrated that children‘s violence or (and) coercion is caused by social or psychological reasons. Such actions are conditioned by belonging to informal youth groups, which induce the use of violence and coercion, the music children have listened to, the movies they have watched, posters, books and other sources which demonstrate scenes of violence and coercion, the effect of alcohol, narcotics, psychotropic substances and other intoxicants, also, presumably, the provocative behaviour of the victim and the behaviour patterns of all of us, i.e. the society. It is our strong conviction that a child‘s behaviour is mostly determined by the nearest social... [to full text]