Victimological portrait of the victim of the domestic violence, which is dangerous for life

Abstract

The article contains the victimological portrait of a victim of the domestic violence, which is dangerous for life. Victimological portrait of a victim is considered taking into consideration the gender, age, marital status, education, social status and occupation, features of the criminal-legal characteristics, moral and psychological directions, physical and mental health. Besides, the role of the alcohol victimization in the domestic violence, which is dangerous to life, is defined.

The above mentioned problem is more than ever topical in Ukraine, where about 350 cases of domestic violence are recorded daily. During one year the actual number of the domestic violence cases is more than 1.5 million. At the same time, due to the high latency of that category of crimes, the research concerning the domestic violence, which is dangerous to life, seems to be the most vivid basis for the reflection of the real horrible picture of the domestic violence in Ukraine.

The article states that the physical and mental diseases of the victims increase their victimity, because under such influence, the behavior of the latter acquires the aggressive or vividly provocative character. At the same time, psychophysical defects significantly reduce the victim’s ability to avoid criminal offenses, to resist, or escape or to seek help from the competent authorities or other persons.

It is cleared up that some victims of the illegal encroachments have their own negative experience of the illegal or criminal activity, which impacts negatively on their behavior and increases their victimization.

Summing up the provided characteristics of the victim's personality, it should be noted that in each particular situation, the priority of one of the victimological factors determines the symbiosis of the personality and the behavioral characteristics of the domestic violence victim. Their assessment are not only important for the qualification of the offenders, imposing them the proper punishment, but also for taking the general and personal prevention measures in order to reduce the increasing level of the domestic violence.