CRIMINAL LEGAL AND CRIMINOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE

The monograph is devoted to the issue of domestic abuse. This harmful phenomenon is well known to Ukrainian society as evidenced by statistics. Thus more than three million children in Ukraine annually observe acts of domestic abuse or become their direct victims. 70% of women suffer from various forms of abuse and humiliation and about 1500000 of them die each year at the hands of their own husbands.The most important part of any society is the family. Therefore Ukraine as a state governed by the rule of law and democracy is obliged to take the necessary range of measures to protect every family and individual. However for a long time the problem of domestic abuse remained veiled due to the possibility of offenders hiding behind the so-called screen of non-interference of the state in the private life of citizens.