Considerațiuni generale privind abandonul familial ca o cauză a criminalității
General considerations regarding family and family abandonment as a cause of criminality

Summary/Abstract: The relevance and importance of conducting research on the phenomenon of family abandonment is particularly significant in the context of major demographic and social changes currently affecting society. The excessive migration of the population over the past ten years has had a substantial impact on family structures, contributing to the rapid aging of the population and, at the same time, to the growing number of orphaned or abandoned children. This massive migration—especially of parents leaving in search of work abroad—has led to a genuine social crisis, leaving children vulnerable and exposed to the risk of family abandonment. The phenomenon of child abandonment is therefore expanding at an alarming rate, with a direct impact on the stability and development of affected children. Statistics show that globally at least one preschool-aged child is abandoned every day, highlighting the severity of the issue. According to UNICEF data, in the Republic of Moldova, 9 out of 10 abandoned children have both parents alive, which emphasizes that abandonment is not necessarily the result of parental loss but rather a consequence of difficult socio-economic decisions or circumstances. Thus, such research would allow for the identification of the root causes of abandonment and could offer concrete solutions for preventing this phenomenon. It would also contribute to the development of effective public policies, the support of vulnerable families, and the improvement of the child protection system—thereby reducing the number of institutionalized children and giving them a real chance at healthy and stable development.

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