Przemoc wobec dzieci w Polsce : "Dwie strony medalu" - oficialny zakaz a społeczna rzeczywistość

Abstract

In Poland, disputes on violence against children have not been made distinct until the political transformation in the 1990s. Over the years, Poland as a country participating in international structures has accepted liability for taking adequate action in terms of child protection against violence. Legislative reforms have been gradually introduced and regulations and formal solutions aiming at improvement of the realization of children’s rights (a right to protect against violence as stated in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and sequential documents) have been effected. In Poland, on the one hand, there is a formal basis for protection of children from violence, including an absolute ban on corporal punishment in education and in family (since 2010), on the other hand, despite formal regulations there is high tolerance to violence against children, which is commonly regarded as part of the upbringing process. Relatively high indices of experiencing violence by children have been recorded. The article presents two faces of the phenomenon of violence against children in Poland, that is, formal regulations, as well as the use of various indices and research – the social reality of its occurrence.