Framing Domestic Violence: Medical Knowledge, Child Abuse and Physical Violence in Socialist Czechoslovakia (1950s–1980s)

Jakub Střelec, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague, Institute of International Studies U Kříže , The Czech Republic

Journal of Family History: Studies in Family, Kinship, Gender, and Demography

Published online on September 19, 2025

Abstract

Journal of Family History, Volume 51, Issue 2, Page 169-186, April 2026.
This article examines the role of medical knowledge in discussions about physical violence in the family in socialist Czechoslovakia. Drawing on sources such as medical journals, books and archival records, the article investigates how health ...