Suchergebnisse

Research on and analysis of violence against elders as one of the most vulnerable community layers is relatively new. Though international community has acknowledged the fact of aging society and the relevance of violence against elders, in Lithuania this problem is still not examined, there is no official statistic data on the prevalence of violence against elders. This situation determines the ineffectiveness of the measures on violence prevention and inaccurate implementation of European Union recommendations. What is more society still remains uninformed about the status of elders, violence against them and this causes inadequate evaluation of the problem. The goal of this Master's thesis is to analyze the prevalence of violence against elders in district of Vilnius. Empirical methods of legal document analysis, case analysis, mathematical statistical analysis, questionnaire survey and theoretical methods of induction, deduction, comparison, analysis and synthesis confirmed hypothesis that violence against elders in Vilnius district is widely prevalent, but mistakenly recognized and valuated phenomenon. Victims of this violence are usually elder men living in villages with their children. The opinion of the elders on violence and its prevention is mostly influenced by media. This Master's thesis is divided into four parts, which are subdivided into smaller chapters. First part of this thesis examines the concept of violence in various fields of science, defines main types of violence and their forms of manifestation. Second part of this thesis studies violence against elders, its causes and consequences, local and international legal regulation and prevalence in Vilnius district. Third part presents, analyzes and explains results of criminological research. Meanwhile final part of this thesis examines prevention of violence against elders.

Research on and analysis of violence against elders as one of the most vulnerable community layers is relatively new. Though international community has acknowledged the fact of aging society and the relevance of violence against elders, in Lithuania this problem is still not examined, there is no official statistic data on the prevalence of violence against elders. This situation determines the ineffectiveness of the measures on violence prevention and inaccurate implementation of European Union recommendations. What is more society still remains uninformed about the status of elders, violence against them and this causes inadequate evaluation of the problem. The goal of this Master's thesis is to analyze the prevalence of violence against elders in district of Vilnius. Empirical methods of legal document analysis, case analysis, mathematical statistical analysis, questionnaire survey and theoretical methods of induction, deduction, comparison, analysis and synthesis confirmed hypothesis that violence against elders in Vilnius district is widely prevalent, but mistakenly recognized and valuated phenomenon. Victims of this violence are usually elder men living in villages with their children. The opinion of the elders on violence and its prevention is mostly influenced by media. This Master's thesis is divided into four parts, which are subdivided into smaller chapters. First part of this thesis examines the concept of violence in various fields of science, defines main types of violence and their forms of manifestation. Second part of this thesis studies violence against elders, its causes and consequences, local and international legal regulation and prevalence in Vilnius district. Third part presents, analyzes and explains results of criminological research. Meanwhile final part of this thesis examines prevention of violence against elders.