Domestic abuse against minors: A victomological study

• Main Author: SORIN M. RĂDULESCU
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Romanian Academy 2008-02-01
• Series: Revista Română de Sociologie
• Subjects: abuse against minors; physical abuse; sexual abuse; crimes committed through violence; sexual crimes; aggressors; minors; victims
• Online Access: http://www.revistadesociologie.ro/pdf-uri/nr.3-4-2008/Art%202-Radulescu.pdf

The study presents the main findings of the secondary analysis conducted by the author on the statistics of the Prosecutors' Office with the High Court of Cassation and Justice in the period between 2005 and the first semester of 2007, regarding domestic physical and sexual abuse against minors. The study emphasizes the increase or decrease trends in the number of victims of domestic abuse according to the category of crime (for example manslaughter, battery resulting in death, battery and other types of violence, rape, incest, sexual corruption, etc.) as well as in relation to aggressors and victims.