Stefanovska, Vesna and Bacanovic, Oliver and Peovska, Natasha (2023) Social reaction to the homeless persons: Stigmatization, marginalization and victimization. In: XIII Annual Conference of the Victimology Society of Serbia “Victim Support and Victimisation Prevention: Challenges and Perspectives, Belgrade.
Full text not available from this repository.Abstract
Homelessness is a phenomenon that is present in all countries of the world. In almost all
major cities, in certain parts, i.e. inhabited or abandoned places, homeless people can be
found begging or sleeping on the street, on a bench, under bridges, in improvised houses with
substandard housing conditions. The topic is often debated and researched both in the public
political sphere and in the academic and civil society sector, from several aspects, including
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from the aspect of humanism, solidarity or marginalization, social exclusion and
victimization of this vulnerable category. The Faculty of Security - Skopje, in the period from
February to September 2022, conducted scientific research related to homelessness, from the
perspective of the homeless themselves, in order to understand their social and personal
worlds. Its overall goal is to understand the conditions and social context in which
homelessness occurs, because such knowledge is necessary to design appropriate policies at
the social and individual level. The research subject were the paths of homeless people before
and during homelessness as a process. That process includes the life history of homeless
people, the social and economic context in which homelessness occurs, the experience of
being homeless, the process of marginalization, criminalization and victimization, the
development of social policies and the availability of social support from the community and
society as a whole. A special subject of the analysis was the processes of stigmatization,
marginalization and victimization from homeless perspective. It is even more important to
investigate the social reactions towards those persons and the relationship, communication,
both from the institutions of the system and from the public. Special emphasis is placed on
the victimization of homeless people, understood, first of all, as a structural victimization, as
a type of victimization that is recognized as very important in the contemporary science of
victimology and in addition to the broader understanding of the concept of victim and the
related subject of the so-called new victimology. In addition to this is the perception of
victimization as a violation of human rights (in this case, the right to housing). At the same
time, there is a need to reconsider the thesis that socio-pathological phenomena (in this case,
homelessness and related poverty, begging, idleness, etc.) as a rule lead to or are related to
crime and criminal behavior. Several techniques and procedures were used for data
collection: in-depth semi-structured "face-to-face" interviews, conversation with the key
actors at the Homeless Center in Skopje, and review and content analysis of relevant
statistical analyzes and other reports and documents related to homelessness, treatment, the
protection and prevention of homeless persons. The sample included 35 respondents who
were recruited according to several characteristics: gender, age, nationality, material,
educational and family status.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Social Sciences > Law Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Social Sciences > Other social sciences |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Security |
| Depositing User: | Fbs Eprints |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Dec 2024 17:45 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Dec 2024 17:45 |
| URI: | https://eprints.uklo.edu.mk/id/eprint/10523 |
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