DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: THEORY AND PRACTICE
Domestic violence is considered an acute social problem that is becoming more acute every year, having a significant impact on the functioning of the institution of the family. As the reasons giving rise to this socially dangerous phenomenon, it is worth noting the low level of social and economic development, the insufficient level of education of the population, as well as to some extent the absence of a democratic culture. However, cases of domestic violence are noted in families with different social statuses, national and religious foundations, with different levels of education of family members. The relevance of studying issues related to countering crimes committed in the family with the use of violence remains either not solved at all, or solved to some extent, which does not allow us to define clear contours that determine the reduction in the level of crime of this type. All these facts generate scientific and practical interest in the topic under study, as well as discussions on measures aimed at countering this phenomenon. The subject of this study was scientific publications, as well as publications in the mass media containing materials of the issues under study. In particular, in the article the author aims to investigate not only law enforcement practice, but also the proposed measures aimed at countering crimes committed in the family with the use of violence. In the future, this will allow the development of a scientifically sound position and recommendations for improving the current criminal legislation and law enforcement practice. The methodological basis of the work was the methods of dialectics as a general scientific method of cognition, as well as such private scientific methods as formal-legal, historical-logical, the method of legal modeling in their various combinations.