Monitoring the phenomenon of domestic violence

Reports on implementation of the National Program Against Domestic Violence, prepared annually by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and accepted by the Sejm include data on:

a.Infrastructure of institutions assisting victims of domestic violence (e.g. open 24-hours and specialist support centers, homes for mothers with small children and pregnant women, crisis intervention centers)

b.Form of aid to the victims of violence (crisis intervention and support round the clock, in that given to children, disabled, people over 60 , and other forms of assistance - including assistance in obtaining social housing, treatment programs, the number of filled up "Blue Card" etc.

c.Types of activities addressed to the perpetrators of violence - interventions, including isolation of the perpetrators and victims, an eviction from the premises, participation in correctional educational programms.

Reports for the years 2006-2010 are available on the page: http://www.mpips.gov.pl/przemoc-w-rodzinie/sprawozdania-z-realizacji-kra....

Ministry of Labour and Social policy commissions every year research on the phenomenon of domestic violence in Poland. The 2007 study concerned nationwide diagnosis of domestic violence, 2008 study - violence against children, the 2009 study - domestic violence against the elderly and disabled, in 2010 - domestic violence against women and men, and in 2011 - perpetrators of domestic violence.

1. Reports for the years 2007-2011 are available at: http://www.mpips.gov.pl/przemoc-w-rodzinie/diagnoza-zjawiska-przemocy-w-...

2. Statistics gathered by the Ministry of Justice are available at: http://bip.ms.gov.pl/pl/dzialalnosc/statystyki/statystyki-2011/

3. Police statistics are available at: http://www.statystyka.policja.pl/portal/st/944/50863/Przemoc_w_rodzinie....

4. Statistics from the State Agency for Prevention of Alcohol Related Problems are available at:: http://www.parpa.pl.

5. Statistics and report from researches conducted by “Blue Line” are available at: http://www.niebieskalinia.pl/index.php?assign=statystyki.