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Brutalisation of crimes involving violence, as well as crimes connected with physicaland verbal aggression in public life can be observed in the Polish society. At the sametime, the media inform about these pathologies in diverse ways. The problem of crimesinvolving violence against individuals is a classic area of criminological research. InPolish criminological literature, problems associated with violence towards animalsare set aside from the basic considerations concerning the problem of violence. Itis noted that this theme is the subject of many English-language publications. InAmerican criminological literature, it is indicated that the perpetrators of abuse(perpetrators of domestic violence) also use violence against domestic animals as socalled“substi tute objects”. There is no indigenous empirical research confirming orfalsifying the hypothesis on the existence of such a correlation. Therefore, the main aimof this work was to define, on the basis of the results of the author’s research, ifthere is any relationship between the phenomenon of aggression towards animalsand propensity for agression towards people. Moreover, the author formulatedthe following research problems: have the perpetrators of crimes involving cruelty toanimals been previously convicted, particularly for any crimes of aggression? Whatkind of crimes were they? Is it possible to specify the common features that characteriseperpetrators who use violence against animals and people? What factors play a leadingrole in the criminogenic process concerning perpetrators of crimes of aggression?The work is divided into five parts. The first, called “Introductory Matters”, offersa review of the status quaestionis and definitions of the basic concepts which appearin the subsequent parts of the paper (violence, aggression, legal status of animals,cruelty to animals). The second part summarises the methodology of the author’sresearch. The applied research method involved researching documents, done by usingthe records research technique (indirect observation). The research tools includedthe author’s questionnaire of records research consisting of 34 questions grouped in fivecategories: preparatory proceedings, court proceedings, trial (the first and the secondinstance), the perpetrator’s deed, the victim of crime, the perpetrator of crime. Thesubject of analysis covered the contents of the court records in criminal cases with legalvalidity concerning Article 35 of the Act on the Protection of Animals. Therefore, onlythe finalised court proceedings were researched. The research included 59 criminalproceedings instituted against 61 persons accused of a prohibited act in the formof animal killing or violence against animals. The research was conducted in the firsthalf of 2017 in the District Court in Olsztyn (2nd Criminal Department and 7th CriminalDepartment). The time range of the research included the period 1997–2016, i.e. sincethe entry into force of the Act on the Protection of Animals until the end of the research, considered as full calendar years. The author researched all criminal cases that endedwith a final judgement. On the basis of the established criteria, criminal cases wereselected in which the relationship between the use of violence by perpetrators towardsanimals and people was ascertained. Further analysis was applied to 23 criminal cases,in which 21 perpetrators were convicted. The third part discusses the research results.The data collected for the purposes of criminal proceedings have provided basic informationconcerning the gender and the age of the perpetrator, his/her education, maritalstatus, employment, prior criminal history, legal qualification of the committed crimesand the statement whether the perpetrator was under the influence of alcohol or drugsat the time of committing the crime. On the basis of personal and cognitive dataof the perpetrators of crimes punishable under Article 35 of the Act on the Protectionof Animals and the forensic and psychiatric opinions drawn up for the purposes ofcriminal proceedings, the characteristics of the studied population were presentedand the factors that could play an important role in the genesis of acts of aggression(risk factors) were identified. In the fourth part, the selected criminological theoriesexplaining the reasons for the aggressive behaviour were referred to specific casesof the examined perpetrators. The work ends with a conclusion which provides a verificationof the researched hypotheses for the purposes of the paper.
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This article analyses the course of the proceedings in the case of obliging a person using domestic violence to leave the jointly occupied apartment and its immediate surroundings or prohibit approaching the apartment and its immediate surroundings. The analysis was based on case file studies. It was established that one of the most important problems related to the above proceeding is its duration. The one-month deadline for examining the application is, in practice, hardly ever respected.
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W niniejszym artykule dokonano analizy przebiegu postępowania w sprawie o zobowiązania osoby stosującej przemoc w rodzinie do opuszczenia wspólnie zajmowanego mieszkania i jego bezpośredniego otoczenia lub zakazania zbliżania się do mieszkania i jego bezpośredniego otoczenia. Podstawę analizy stanowiły akta sądowe powyższych spraw. Ustalono, że jednym z najważniejszych problemów związanych z omawianym postępowaniem jest czas jego trwania. Miesięczny termin przewidziany na rozpoznanie wniosku bywa w praktyce bardzo rzadko przestrzegany.
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One of the most important legal aspects of counteracting domestic violence in ensuring protection and safety of victims is to isolate the perpetrator from them. Until recently, it was believed that the state should provide shelter for victims where they could find help and continue their lives away from the aggressor. Currently, it is increasingly said that the perpetrator should leave the common home, and the state authorities should have tools to isolate the perpetrator from the victim. The current catalog of criminal process tools to counteract violence, as well as the civil order to leave the premises, can be successfully used to quickly and effectively separate perpetrators of domestic violence from those affected by their actions. In practice, they are used too rarely or inadequately to circumstances, which makes the aid ineffective. In addition, the approach of representatives of bodies implementing tasks in the field of counteracting the phenomenon of domestic violence is burdened with numerous stereotypes, the methods often use dare used as templates and unsuitable for the needs of victims. The attitude of the authorities translates directly into actions taken by them in the area of abandoning certain procedural acts,delay implementation and the manner and scope of safeguarding the interests of victims of domestic violence. In conclusion, it is worth noting that the introduction of new legal regulations will not affect the improvement of the safety of victims of violence if the available instruments are not used in practice.
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This article presents selected results of a legal and sociological research project entitled“Penal cultures. Cultural context of criminal policy and criminal law reforms. Legal,penological, historical, sociological, and cultural (anthropological) analysis of criminallaw reforms in Poland against the background of European and world trends”, conductedin 2012-2014 on a sample of 160 Polish judges. The research was carried out usingthe questionnaire method supplemented with in-depth interviews with 12 judges.The questionnaire was sent by email to all the presidents of district, regional, andappellate courts in Poland with a request to pass it to their judges. The questionnaire wasaccompanied by a recommendation letter from the Vice-Rector for Scientific Researchat the University of Warsaw with the information about the research unit, that is aboutthe Professor G. Rejman Division of Culturally Integrated Legal and Social Studiesand the European Centre for Penological Studies at the University of Warsaw. Thequestionnaire was either sent back in bulk from individual courts, or the respondentssent it back individually by post or email to the university address provided.The punishment phenomenon was examined in a processual approach. Theresearchers adopted the hypothesis that criminal judges were the first link in thisprocess and knew more about punishment and punishing as social and legal phenomena than the general public. The presented research refers thematically to the studiescarried out by Bronisław Wróblewski and Witold Świda before World War II, reportedin their book Sędziowski wymiar kary w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. Ankieta [The judiciarysentencing of punishment in the Republic of Poland. A Questionnaire], publishedin Vilnius in 1939. Similarly to those studies, the present research asks questions aboutthe determinants of the judiciary dimension of punishment, but it emphasises morestrongly the cultural, philosophical and moral dimensions of punishment attitudesdisplayed in sentencing.The statements of the respondents show a varied l evel of the judges’ knowledge aboutmatters concerning the socio-cultural and psychological aspects of punishment. Theyalso reveal a strong legal orientation of views and remain within the set of notions andtheories focused on law. Similarly to the Vilnius pre-war studies, the judges’ statementsshow a strong formative influence of lawyers’ education curricula implemented at alllevels of education.The results of the research carried out in 2012-2014 illuminate the judges’ viewson the goals and functions of punishment and punishing. They show the declaredhierarchy of the most important variables defining professional decisions regardingthe sentences imposed by the judges. They show the influence of systemic and culturalvariables on the professional attitudes and motives of the judges’ decisions in this matter.The judges’ statements on the effectiveness of penalties in individual and generalprevention are generally subdued. Although these factors are taken into account inthe process of sentencing, there is no deep conviction about their high impact. It issignificant that the research shows a clear distancing of the judges from the assumptionthat they may be subservient to influences from their superiors, scholarly authorities,public opinion or the decisions of colleagues in similar matters. Independence isdeclared by judges to be an important feature of their professional ethos and appliesto all sources of influence. On the other hand, what the judges indicate as variablesrelevant to their decisions on sentencing are the personal and family conditions ofthe perpetrator and their potential for rehabilitation, which may occur as a resultof criminal sentencing and end the state of impunity. The respondents also indicatethat the fairness of a sentence and the doing of justice to the offender is a significantaspect of the court’s action.Although the research procedure in this case was strongly grounded in empiricism,this was not its main distinguishing feature – it was the conducting of research inthe culture of methodological and theoretical integration of the empirical material.It makes it possible to deduce a complex structure of the researched process andto undertake an analysis explaining many more variables than would appear in thedisciplinary mono analysis.
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Jednym z najważniejszych prawnych aspektów przeciwdziałania przemocy w rodzinie w zakresie zapewnienia ochrony i bezpieczeństwa ofarom jest odizolowanie od nich sprawcy. Do niedawna uważano, że państwo powinno zapewnić ofarom schroniska, do których mogłyby trafć w celu zapewnienia pomocy i kontynuowania życia z dala od agresora. Obecnie, coraz częściej mówi się o tym, że to sprawca powinien opuścić wspólny dom, a organy państwa powinny dysponować narzędziami służącymi do odizolowania sprawcy od ofary. Obecny katalog karnoprocesowych narzędzi przeciwdziałania przemocy, jak i cywilny nakaz opuszczenia lokalu z powodzeniem mogą być wykorzystane do szybkiego i skutecznego oddzielenia sprawców przemocy w rodzinie od osób dotkniętych skutkami ich działań. W praktyce są one stosowane zbyt rzadko bądź nieadekwatnie do okoliczności, co sprawia, że pomoc staje się nieskuteczna oraz nieefektywna. Poza tym podejście przedstawicieli organów realizujących zadania z zakresu przeciwdziałania zjawisku przemocy w rodzinie jest obarczone licznymi stereotypami, stosowane metody są szablonowe i niedostosowane do potrzeb ofar. Nastawienie organów przekłada się bezpośrednio na podejmowane przez nich działania w zakresie zaniechania dokonania określonych czynności procesowych, zwłokę w ich podejmowaniu czy też sposób i zakres zabezpieczenia interesów ofiar przemocy w rodzinie. Na zakończenie warto podkreślić, że wprowadzenie nowych uregulowań prawnych nie będzie miało wpływu na poprawę bezpieczeństwa ofiar przemocy, jeżeli dostępne instrumenty nie będą stosowane w praktyce.   One of the most important legal aspects of counteracting domestic violence in ensuring protection and safety of victims is to isolate the perpetrator from them. Until recently, it was believed that the state should provide shelter for victims where they could find help and continue their lives  away  from  the  aggressor.  Currently,  it  is  increasingly  said  that  the  perpetrator  should leave the common home, and the state authorities should have tools to isolate the perpetrator from the victim. The current catalog of criminal process tools to counteract violence, as well as the civil order to leave the premises, can be successfully used to quickly and effectively separate perpetrators of domestic violence from those affected by their actions. In practice, they are used too rarely or inadequately to circumstances, which makes the aid ineffective. In addition, the approach of representatives of bodies implementing tasks in the field of counteracting the phenomenon of domestic violence is burdened with numerous stereotypes, the methods often used are used as templates and unsuitable for the needs of victims. The attitude of the authorities translates directly into actions taken by them in the area of abandoning certain procedural acts, delay implementation and the manner and scope of safeguarding the interests of victims of domestic violence. In conclusion, it is worth noting that the introduction of new legal regulations will not affect the improvement of the safety of victims of violence if the available instruments are not used in practice.
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One of the most important legal aspects of counteracting domestic violence in ensuring protection and safety of victims is to isolate the perpetrator from them. Until recently, it was believed that the state should provide shelter for victims where they could find help and continue their lives  away  from  the  aggressor.  Currently,  it  is  increasingly  said  that  the  perpetrator  should leave the common home, and the state authorities should have tools to isolate the perpetrator from the victim. The current catalog of criminal process tools to counteract violence, as well as the civil order to leave the premises, can be successfully used to quickly and effectively separate perpetrators of domestic violence from those affected by their actions. In practice, they are used too rarely or inadequately to circumstances, which makes the aid ineffective. In addition, the approach of representatives of bodies implementing tasks in the field of counteracting the phenomenon of domestic violence is burdened with numerous stereotypes, the methods often used are used as templates and unsuitable for the needs of victims. The attitude of the authorities translates directly into actions taken by them in the area of abandoning certain procedural acts, delay implementation and the manner and scope of safeguarding the interests of victims of domestic violence. In conclusion, it is worth noting that the introduction of new legal regulations will not affect the improvement of the safety of victims of violence if the available instruments are not used in practice.
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