Minor perpetrators of violence - forensic medical approach. Analysis of the phenomenon in the years 2015–2020 in Poznan and neighboring municipalities – a retrospective study

IF 1.2 4区医学 Q3 MEDICINE, LEGAL

Journal of forensic and legal medicine Pub Date : 2025-09-09 DOI:10.1016/j.jflm.2025.102966

Klaudia Dolińska-Kaczmarek , Bartosz Burchardt , Ilona Małecka , Aleksandra Bielecka , Szymon Rzepczyk , Paulina Horwat , Sylwia Skałecka , Dagmara Skowrońska , Przemysław Hałasiński , Jacek Wysocki , Czesław Żaba

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Abstract

Background

Violence is a multifaceted phenomenon that commonly occurs in society. It can take many forms. A particular phenomenon is violence involving minors.

Materials and methods

The analysis covered 7689 events in the Wielkopolskie Voivodeship in 2015–2020. The mean, median, and standard deviation were used to describe the group. The significance level was p = 0.05.

Results

In 142 cases, minors were perpetrators of violence, of which 129 cases committed violent acts against other minors. Of the events analyzed, 137 took place in a public place. Both victims and perpetrators were most often men.

Conclusions

The obtained results are higher than the available Polish statistical data, because of the low reporting level. Among the foreign data, most of the perpetrators were young men. Programs are being launched worldwide to support, rehabilitate, and educate juvenile abusers and their families. Programs with a holistic approach to the issue bring the best results. The problem of violence by juvenile offenders remains a challenge for countries worldwide. The main task for state institutions is to collect adequate data on incidents in a given region. However, keeping statistics is difficult due to the small percentage of reports of this type of violence. In the Wielkopolska region, only cases of peer violence were registered. Lack of adequate support and education of families may translate into non-reporting of aggressive behavior of minors towards guardians.

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未成年施暴者——法医方法。2015-2020年波兹南及邻近城市现象分析——回顾性研究

暴力是社会中普遍存在的一种多层面现象。它可以有多种形式。一个特别的现象是涉及未成年人的暴力。材料和方法该分析涵盖了2015-2020年在大波兰省发生的7689起事件。使用平均值、中位数和标准差来描述组。显著性水平为p = 0.05。结果142起案件中，未成年人为施暴者，其中对其他未成年人实施暴力行为的案件129起。在分析的事件中，有137起发生在公共场所。受害者和加害者通常都是男性。结论由于报告水平较低，所得结果高于波兰现有统计数据。在国外的数据中，大多数肇事者是年轻男性。世界各地正在开展各种项目，以支持、改造和教育青少年虐待者及其家人。采用整体方法解决问题的方案会带来最好的结果。少年犯的暴力问题仍然是世界各国面临的一个挑战。国家机构的主要任务是收集特定地区事件的充分数据。然而，由于这类暴力的报告比例很小，因此很难进行统计。在大波兰地区，只登记了同伴暴力案件。缺乏适当的家庭支持和教育可能导致未成年人对监护人的攻击行为不报告。

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Journal of forensic and legal medicine MEDICINE, LEGAL-

CiteScore

2.70

自引率

6.70%

发文量

106

审稿时长

57 days

期刊介绍： The Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine publishes topical articles on aspects of forensic and legal medicine. Specifically the Journal supports research that explores the medical principles of care and forensic assessment of individuals, whether adult or child, in contact with the judicial system. It is a fully peer-review hybrid journal with a broad international perspective. The Journal accepts submissions of original research, review articles, and pertinent case studies, editorials, and commentaries in relevant areas of Forensic and Legal Medicine, Context of Practice, and Education and Training. The Journal adheres to strict publication ethical guidelines, and actively supports a culture of inclusive and representative publication.