Stalking as a form of gender-based violence in judicial practice in Serbia

Jovanović, Slađana (2024) Stalking as a form of gender-based violence in judicial practice in Serbia. In: Thematic conference proceedings of international significance / International scientific thematic conference The Position of Victims in the Republic of Serbia, Palić, 12-13 June 2024. Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research, Belgrade, pp. 125-138. ISBN 978-86-80756-66-0

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Abstract

The author analyses conformity of the legal description of one relatively new incrimination – Stalking (Article 138a of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Serbia) with the requirements of the Council of Europe Convention on Prevention and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence - ten years after the Republic of Serbia ratified it. The focus is on its implementation in judicial practice (considering the official statistical data as well as those from the case records of two basic courts in Belgrade in five-year period: 2017-2022). The goal is to map the possible deficiencies in normative as well as in practical sphere, and to make some recommendations related to their overcoming (that would be in accordance with the requirements of the Istanbul Convention) in order to provide better response to this specific form of violence against women in Serbia. Special focus is directed to some criminological aspects of the phenomenon (profile of perpetrators and victims, stalking context, and the imposed sanctions).

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