ATTITUDES TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OF CHILDREN DRIVEN TO CRIME IN KAHRAMANMARAS

Abstract

Objective: In this study, it was aimed to determine the attitudes of children driven to crime towards domestic violence. Materials and methods: The research was carried out at the XXXXXXBranch of the Forensic Medicine Institute. A total of 125 delinquent children who were sent to our branch office by the judicial authorities to evaluate whether they could perceive the legal meaning and consequences of the act they committed, or whether their ability to direct their behavior was sufficiently developed were included in the study. The data were obtained by applying the sociodemographic information form with 15 questions and the "Attitudes Towards Domestic Violence Scale" consisting of 13 questions and four factors. Descriptive analysis of the data and statistical analysis were made according to the sub-factors of the Attitudes Towards Domestic Violence Scale: normalizing violence, generalizing violence, causating violence and hiding violence. Statistical evaluations were made using the Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis Test. Results: The mean age of the children participating in the study was 13.95±0.09 and 93 (74.40%) of them were male. As a result of the evaluation of the participants according to the sub-factors of the Attitudes Towards Domestic Violence Scale, a statistically significant difference was found among the participants according to gender in terms of normalizing violence, smoking in terms of generalizing violence, and whether there is a prisoner in the family in terms of objectifying violence (p