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Directorate against Terrorist Acts and Open Crimes (Family Violence Case Records)
Type of Measure
Services > Police
Form of Violence
Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Year
2006
Brief Description
In 2006, the Directorate against Terrorist Acts and Open Crimes (General Police Directorate) recorded 208 cases of violence in families, reported by victims or their relatives. Compared to the same period of 2005, there was an increase of 112 cases. There were 108 cases reported in 2006 of criminal acts in matrimonial relations, with husbands predominate the perpetrators in 95 of these cases as follows: Cases of spouses’ murder (8 cases), attempt to murder (4 cases), threat to murder (29 cases), injury (17 cases), urging for prostitution (1 case), insult and beating (25 cases), coercion to live together (3 cases), and commitment of suicide (2 cases).
Source of Information
CEDAW/C/ALB/3 p. 33
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