Data According to the Law on the Protection from Domestic Violence
Data available on
Perpetrator
Background information
- Age
- Sex
- Nationality
- ID
- Name
- Ethnicity
- Marital status
- Dependants
Social history, family circumstances
Relationship with victim
This means that it is recorded whether there exists a previous relationship between victim and offender (e.g. family, intimate partner) or not (stranger).
Re-offending
Witness
Background information
- Age
- Sex
- Nationality
- ID
- Name
- Ethnicity
- Marital status
- Dependants
Social history, family circumstances
Relationship with victim/perpetrator
Incident description by witness
Children witnessing IPV incident
Incident
Code system used
- No codes used
Description of incident
- Date/time
- Harm/injuries
- Location
- Type of violence
Specific data for each competent institution: the police (e.g. number of offenders arrested and brought to the Magistrate Judge, the number of appeals against the decision of the Magistrate Judge), State Attorney (e.g. number of proposed detention), Magistrate courts (e.g. number of specific protection measures, the number and type of corrective measures), centres for social welfare (e.g. number of appointed special guardian for the child in court proceedings relating to domestic violence, the number of accommodation in the shelter), medical facilities (e.g. costs of treating victims of domestic violence, the number of cases in which the victim or the perpetrator where referred to treatment in a psychiatric facility).
Protection order
On protection orders there is information about the total number of the imposed protection measure and safety measures.
Civil justice data
Data regarding divorce procedures, guardianships’ and similar.
Incident respond resources
No information collected on Incident respond resources
Prosecution process
Stages of prosecution process
- Withdrawals of complaints
- Withdrawals of prosecution support
- N. of cases reported for each incident
- N. of cases initiated for each type of incident
- N. of cases referred to court
- Types of offense(s)
Defendant pleas/verdicts
- Guilty pleas
- Guilty verdicts
Data on number of cases brought by the prosecutor resulting in guilty pleas/guilty verdicts, but reporting on this specific information is not consistent and the information is not always delivered.
Average time case through criminal justice system
Outcomes
Perpetrator
N. of cases resulting in arrest
List of offenses
Probation
Prisons
Number of total prison sentences.
Victim
Death as result of incident
Data about N. protection measures, N. of safety measures, N. of detentions.
Characteristics
Storage System
- In paper form
- Electronically (single files)
- Electronically (database)
Frequency of updating
Monthly, quarterly and annually
Quality assurance process
No information available
Comparability
No information available
Timeliness
No information available
Current developments
No plans.
Relation with third parties
Reporter
- Victim
- Witness
- Offender
Police, hospitals, anonymous reports, officials from kindergartens, elementary and high schools.
The most important change is that in the last few years, institutions started using Excel sheets and the fact that there is an increased number of questions about domestic violence. All data provided by Centres for Social Welfare have a greater potential than those that are used.