Ochrona osób doświadczających przemocy domowej w Polsce i Norwegii

Domestic violence is a widespread phenomenon, against which countries take different approaches. It is a social issue, which cannot be analyzed without considering cultural, legal, social and political factors. Therefore, by comparing legal regulations of Poland and Norway, this work aims to identify the underlying reasons for legal frameworks in each country. It also seeks to determine whether legal culture influences the protection system and whether the institutional approach to this issue differs between selected countries, and why. In this thesis, a special focus is placed on children’s welfare and on the legal and cultural understanding of the best interest of the child and children’s well-being in the context of domestic abuse. The comparative analysis of legal cultures and protection systems in this thesis is based on the framework of S. Koch and J. Ø. Sunde, as well as the perspective of M. Cavadino and J. Dignan.
The analysis firstly explains the phenomenon and its forms, causes and consequences, to later characterize Polish and Norwegian protection systems of people affected by domestic violence, and finally it compares both systems to find the underlying causes of similarities and differences. These conclusions emphasize the eminent role of legal culture in shaping the protection system’s measures and the approach to the child protection policies in the context of domestic violence.