Autor: Osman JAŠAREVIĆ, Farah FAZLAGIĆ
Publicat în: Journal Of Eastern European Criminal Law no.1/2019
Revistă disponibilă: aici.
Abstract: The topic of this paper is the criminological aspects of discrimination and violence against school-age children. In the introductory part of the paper, the criminological aspects of discrimination, the definition of violence, the rate of occurrence and causes of violence among school-age children, the conditions and motives that lead to discrimination and violence against school-age children are considered, followed by the criminological aspects of discrimination and violence against children in the course of historical development in the family and in school, the discriminatory and violent aspects of parents’ behaviour, the risk factors and protective factors with regard to abuse, who discriminators, bullies and abusers are, the types of discrimination, violence and abuse, and how to protect children from discrimination, violence and abuse. Discrimination, violence and abuse are heavily widespread phenomena in the world and also in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the wider South Eastern European region. On a daily basis, we hear about witness discrimination, violence and abuse of children in schools, families and peer violence. Discrimination, teasing, insulting, ridiculing, provoking, blackmailing, violent attacks and forcible deprivation of cell phones and other objects are the most common forms of peer violence among school-age children. The victims are mostly modest, withdrawn, peaceful, well-brought-up, peaceful and often insecure children. The topic of discrimination, violence and abuse of children is debated, spoken about and written about every day in various tabloids, through the „crime news” in daily newspapers. Discrimination, violence, neglect, sexual abuse, emotional abuse and corporal punishment of children are, unfortunately, always present in society, even though it is difficult to accept. Discrimination, violence, abuse and neglect of children happens in all areas and can, to a great extent, affect the development of children and leave lasting consequences. Regardless of the statistics on discrimination, violence, abuse and neglect of children, scholars, experts, analysts and others claim that these phenomenological forms of criminal aspects against school-age children increase year after year. The final part of the paper addresses the rights of children and the prevention of discrimination, violence, abuse and neglect of children and among children.
Keywords: discrimination; violence; abuse; neglect of children; protection; rights of the children.
