Penal – Juridical Aspects of Violence within Family in Albania

Abstract

Parents in Albania, especially mothers exercise violence toward children during their adolescence as a protective measure to protect them from several viruses that have infected our society days. Life experiences and socio-psychological studies show that, especially boys, since childhood and during adolescence have been exposed to domestic violence exercised directly to them or to other members of the family.This conclusion is confirmed by the social geography of the black chronicle in the Albanian reality. According to the available data in the Statistical Office of the General Prosecutor of Albania Republic, about 41.1% of crimes such as murder, wounding, robbery with violence, kidnapping etc are committed by young people 19-26 years old age group and this percentage is increased a lot during the recent years. A study of family background of young people who have committed criminal acts with a high level of aggression against another's life shows that most of them are adults grown up and socialized in families where is exercised violence, where older males discuss about perverse behaviours, for crimes and violence against others.Violence within family is a global phenomenon and Albania, although a small country, cannot remain outside its negative impact.The aim of this paper is to present an overview of the violence within family in Albania, its forms and the factors that cause it.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2013.v4n4p391