Victimisation and Justice in Intercultural Context in Serbia
Abstract
During 2013, within the ALTERNATIVE project, Victimlogy Society of Serbia conducted an empirical research study with the aim to find out how people from three multiethnic communities in Serbia deal with interethnic conflicts in their everyday life and to identify both problems and positive experiences in solving them. It also analysed how victims are treated, how the security and justice are perceived by the citizens, and what is the place of restorative approaches in dealing with conflicts and security. The research was conducted in Backa Palanka, Bat, Prijepolje and Medveda. It consisted of qualitative and quantitative part, and it had a strong action dimension. After a brief description of the research methodology, we present main research findings related to the conflicts that have been evolving since 1990 between members of different ethnic groups in three multiethnic communities in Serbia, focusing on the prevalence and characteristics of victimisation and respondents' notions of... justice, i.e. mechanisms suitable to achieve justice in the concrete cases of victimisation they experienced. In the conclusion we point out that respondents attribute high relevance to both formal and informal restorative approaches, suggesting the need of citizens in general, and victims in particular to actively participate in the process of conflict transformation and prevention of further victimisations.
Keywords:
victimisation / justice / intercultural context / SerbiaSource:
Temida, 2015, 18, 2, 31-58Publisher:
- Viktimološko društvo Srbije, Beograd i Prometej, Novi Sad
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rFASPERTY - JOUR AU - Nikolić-Ristanović, Vesna AU - Ćopić, Sanja AU - Petrović, Nikola M. AU - Šaćiri, Bejan PY - 2015 UR - http://rfasper.fasper.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/932 AB - During 2013, within the ALTERNATIVE project, Victimlogy Society of Serbia conducted an empirical research study with the aim to find out how people from three multiethnic communities in Serbia deal with interethnic conflicts in their everyday life and to identify both problems and positive experiences in solving them. It also analysed how victims are treated, how the security and justice are perceived by the citizens, and what is the place of restorative approaches in dealing with conflicts and security. The research was conducted in Backa Palanka, Bat, Prijepolje and Medveda. It consisted of qualitative and quantitative part, and it had a strong action dimension. After a brief description of the research methodology, we present main research findings related to the conflicts that have been evolving since 1990 between members of different ethnic groups in three multiethnic communities in Serbia, focusing on the prevalence and characteristics of victimisation and respondents' notions of justice, i.e. mechanisms suitable to achieve justice in the concrete cases of victimisation they experienced. In the conclusion we point out that respondents attribute high relevance to both formal and informal restorative approaches, suggesting the need of citizens in general, and victims in particular to actively participate in the process of conflict transformation and prevention of further victimisations. PB - Viktimološko društvo Srbije, Beograd i Prometej, Novi Sad T2 - Temida T1 - Victimisation and Justice in Intercultural Context in Serbia EP - 58 IS - 2 SP - 31 VL - 18 DO - 10.2298/TEM1502031N ER -
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Nikolić-Ristanović, V., Ćopić, S., Petrović, N. M.,& Šaćiri, B.. (2015). Victimisation and Justice in Intercultural Context in Serbia. in Temida Viktimološko društvo Srbije, Beograd i Prometej, Novi Sad., 18(2), 31-58. https://doi.org/10.2298/TEM1502031N
Nikolić-Ristanović V, Ćopić S, Petrović NM, Šaćiri B. Victimisation and Justice in Intercultural Context in Serbia. in Temida. 2015;18(2):31-58. doi:10.2298/TEM1502031N .
Nikolić-Ristanović, Vesna, Ćopić, Sanja, Petrović, Nikola M., Šaćiri, Bejan, "Victimisation and Justice in Intercultural Context in Serbia" in Temida, 18, no. 2 (2015):31-58, https://doi.org/10.2298/TEM1502031N . .