- Criminal-law protection of victim of domestic violence The aim of the thesis is to summarize and evaluate the issue of legal protection of domestic violence victims in the Czech Republic, especially what concerns criminal law. In the first part of the thesis, the author deals with the definition of domestic violence and issues associated with it. Attention is paid to the features which must be present so that violent behaviour may be considered domestic violence. The work also mentions the types and causes of domestic violence, as well as myths that are rooted about it in society. In addition, this chapter also focuses on the characterization of the perpetrators and victims of domestic violence. The second chapter discusses the development of the society's attitude towards solutions of domestic violence. It focuses on the breaking point when society realized the need for changing its attitudes towards domestic violence. Particular parts of the chapter focus on the most important legislative milestones. At first, it discusses the introduction of the fact of crime of battering a person living in a shared house or flat into the Criminal Code. Further on, the legal regulation on protection from domestic violence is presented, and other legislative changes in this area are briefly mentioned. The theme...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:335367 |
| Date | January 2015 |
| Creators | Stupková, Lucie |
| Contributors | Vanduchová, Marie, Jelínek, Jiří |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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