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Violence Against Women in Belgrade, Serbia:

SOS Hotline 1990-1993

ZORICA MREVI

Criminological and Sociological Research Institute

DONNA M. HUGHES

University of Rhode Island

The SOS Hotline for Women and Children Victims of Violence opened in Belgrade, Serbia, in 1990. For each call reporting an incident of violence, a data form was completed with the details of the call. Almost all the callers were victims of violence from family members or intimate partners. The majority reported incidents of physical and verbal/emotional violence; a minority reported sexual and economic violence. The frequency and duration of violence were very high. Callers were often forced to live with perpetrators because of the lack of available housing, which worsened due to privatization, economic sanctions against Serbia, and the influx of refugees. Men's participation in the wars in Croatia and Bosnia increased their violence against women at home, especially sons against their mothers. Most refugees were housed in private homes, resulting in increased violence against women refugees and women hosts.

Violence Against Women, Vol. 3, No. 2, 101-128 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/1077801297003002002


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