Mandatory reporting of domestic violence cases in Cyprus; barriers to the effectiveness of mandatory reporting and issues for future practice

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Domestic violence and child abuse rates have been slowly but steadily increasing since 2000 in Cyprus. Both the police and social services departments report alarming changes in the way families function nowadays in Cyprus. However this is not a new problem. In order to monitor the phenomenon and to be able to design policy programmes, the law services introduced, in 1998, mandatory reporting of all child abuse and domestic violence cases to the Attorney General's Office. Seven years later there were no signs of significant changes, and the real causes for this were unknown. The aim of this paper is to report on the evaluation of mandatory reporting. The study investigated causes and obstacles that seemed to lead to the insufficient implementation of mandatory reporting. The views of all stakeholders involved were collected. Findings indicated that although several services make use of mandatory reporting, they report gaps in the policy, poor planning on behalf of the law services and lack of coordination and communication between all the services involved. Findings suggest the development of a mediator scheme, which can act as a screening point and liaise with the final service (Attorney General's Office) and reporters/services. Τα κρούσματα ενδοοικογενειακής βίας και παιδικής κακοποίησης και παραμέλησης Î±Ï Î¾Î¬Î½Î¿Î½Ï„Î±Î¹ σταδιακά από το 2000 στη Κύπρο. Οι κοινωνικές Ï Ï€Î·ÏÎµÏƒÎ¯ÎµÏ‚ και η Î±ÏƒÏ„Ï Î½Î¿Î¼Î¯Î± ÎºÎ¬Î½Î¿Ï Î½ λόγο για σημαντικές αλλαγές στην οικογενειακή Î»ÎµÎ¹Ï„Î¿Ï ÏÎ³Î¯Î± στις μέρες μας στη Κύπρο. Παρόλα Î±Ï Ï„Î¬ Î±Ï Ï„ÏŒ δεν είναι πρόκειται για κάτι νέο. Για το λόγο Î±Ï Ï„ÏŒ και με σκοπό τον έλεγχο Ï„Î¿Ï Î±Î¹Î½Î¿Î¼Î­Î½Î¿Ï Î±Î»Î»Î¬ και τον σχεδιασμό νέων Ï Ï€Î·ÏÎµÏƒÎ¹ÏŽÎ½ οι νομικές Ï Ï€Î·ÏÎµÏƒÎ¯ÎµÏ‚ Ï„Î¿Ï Î“ÎµÎ½Î¹ÎºÎ¿Ï Εισαγγελέα εισήγαγαν τον θεσμό της Υποχρεωτικής Αναοράς όλων των περιστατικών ενδοοικογενειακής βίας και παιδικής κακοποίησης το 1998 . Ετά (7) χρόνια μετά την Î´Î·Î¼Î¹Î¿Ï ÏÎ³Î¯Î± Î±Ï Ï„Î®Ï‚ της διαδικασίας δεν διαάνηκαν σημάδια αλλαγής, χωρίς να Î³Î½Ï‰ÏÎ¯Î¶Î¿Ï Î¼Îµ τις πραγματικές αιτίες. Ο σκοπός Î±Ï Ï„Î¿Ï Ï„Î¿Ï Î¬ÏÎ¸ÏÎ¿Ï Î»Î¿Î¹Ï€ÏŒÎ½ είναι να Î´Î¹ÎµÏÎµÏ Î½Î®ÏƒÎµÎ¹ τις αιτίες και τα εμπόδια Ï€Î¿Ï Î¿Î´Î®Î³Î·ÏƒÎ±Î½ σε Î±Ï Ï„Î® τη κατάσταση. Οι απόψεις των εμπλεκόμενων ορέων καταγράηκαν. Τα ÎµÏ ÏÎ®Î¼Î±Ï„Î± κατέδειξαν οτι παρόλο οτι κάποιες Ï Ï€Î·ÏÎµÏƒÎ¯ÎµÏ‚ χρησιμοποιούν την Υποχρεωτική Αναορά Î±Î½Î±Î­ÏÎ¿Ï Î½ κενά στην πρακτική, κακό σχεδιασμό από Î¼Î­ÏÎ¿Ï Ï‚ των Νομικών Υπηρεσιών και έλλειψη ÏƒÏ Î½Ï„Î¿Î½Î¹ÏƒÎ¼Î¿Ï και επικοινωνίας μεταξύ των εμπλεκόμενων ορέων. Τα ÎµÏ ÏÎ®Î¼Î±Ï„Î± ÎºÎ±Ï„Î±Î»Î®Î³Î¿Ï Î½ στην Î´Î·Î¼Î¹Î¿Ï ÏÎ³Î¯Î± ενός διαμεσολαβητή ο οποίος μπορεί να Î»ÎµÎ¹Ï„Î¿Ï ÏÎ³ÎµÎ¯ ως ίλτρο, και ÏƒÏ Î½Î´ÎµÏ„Î¹ÎºÏŒÏ‚ κρίκος μεταξύ Ï„Î¿Ï Î“ÎµÎ½Î¹ÎºÎ¿Ï Εισαγγελέα και των Ï Ï€Î·ÏÎµÏƒÎ¹ÏŽÎ½ Ï€Î¿Ï Î±Î½Î±Î­ÏÎ¿Ï Î½ σε Î±Ï Ï„ÏŒÎ½. View full textDownload full textKeywordsMandatory Reporting, Child Abuse and Neglect, Domestic Violence, Multiagency CollaborationΛέξεις-κλειδιά:ΥποχρεωτικήΑναορά, διεπιστημονική ÏƒÏ Î½ÎµÏÎ³Î±ÏƒÎ¯Î±, ενδο-οικογενειακή βία και παιδική κακοποίησηRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2010.490936