DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ITS REPERCUSSIONS ON EMPLOYMENT-RELATED REPUTATION

Abstract

In the paper, the authors aim to present and scientifically explain how criminal liability—or convictions for offenses involving elements of domestic violence, along with the associated primary unit—affect the perpetrator’s subsequent life trajectory and their future employment-related rights. A fifteen-year analysis of convictions for domestic violence crimes, which will include minors and adults, reveals the current state of the researched problem, together with the trends in the development of the observed phenomenon. The authors will highlight the most common criminal sanctions imposed for domestic violence offenses—both in cases involving minors and adults—and will ultimately explain how prior convictions or criminal records for such offenses impact employment opportunities. The authors started their research from the assumption that the first community in which a person finds their place is the family or some other community that performs the function of a family. This raises the question f whether individuals who commit domestic violence are able to function normally in other social environments—particularly in the workplace, where they spend most of their time—without engaging in further misconduct, such as mobbing. Using relevant databases of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia and other available documents, the latest literature related to this issue, and applying various scientific methods, the authors have proven the thesis that people who are prone to acts of violence in their closest social community - such as the family, have a high degree of tendency to commit violence in the workplace, school environment - regardless of age.