NASILJE NAD DJECOM TIJEKOM PANDEMIJE COVID-A 19
VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Summary/Abstract: Violence and exposure to violence in the immediate family context are among the most serious forms of victimization including physical, psychological or emotional abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, and exposure to intimate partner violence. The COVID-10 pandemic context generates additional risks and concerns related to child maltreatment and exacerbates risk factors that existed before. Namely, social distancing, social isolation, school and business closures may reduce the transmission of the infectious disease, but they may also increase the risk of violence against children and youth around the world. In fact, social and physical contexts associated with pandemics create a closed or limited environment framework in which children's socioecological systems are disrupted, and consequently the incidence of child maltreatment is likely to increase. There has been possibly long-term increase in child poverty and family existential uncertainty due to economic consequences of the crisis. Related initial research during COVID-19 pandemic is beginning to show the negative outcomes of the restrictions imposed as well as the effects of social stressors on family members. In this paper the risk factors for violence against children and adolescents from the perspective of psychological, sociological and criminological theories will be analyzed.

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