20.500.12556/DKUM-96564 Femicide and COVID-19 pandemic examining the situation in Croatia, Hungary, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Slovenia Government measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 affected crime opportunities and criminal justice systems, resulting in changes in crime trends. This article explores the effects of restrictions (lockdowns) on the number of femicides. The monthly data on femicides from 2017 to 2021 were collected in five Central and South-eastern European countries: Croatia, Hungary, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Slovenia. The total number of femicides from 2017 to 2021 decreased in all observed countries. Increases were detected in Croatia and Slovenia in 2020. However, they presented an exception to the general trend. The monthly distribution of femicides showed that there was no common point peak month(s) among observed countries. Analyzing the effects of the level of restrictions using the Stringency Index on the number of femicides confirmed the initial observation that the number of femicides was not dependent on lockdown measures. In general, the findings show that restriction measures had no effect on the number of femicides in the studied countries. femicide COVID-19 pandemic restrictions Stringency Index Europe femicid true true true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Hrvaška; Madžarska; Črna gora; Severna Makedonija; Slovenija; Znanstveno delo 2026-01-19 15:31:34 2026-01-19 15:31:34 2026-01-20 03:14:56 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2024 0 0 str. 364-381 iss. 2 Vol. 40 2024 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2024-04-16 343.611-055.2 192789763 10.1177/10439862241245839 1552-5406 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10439862241245839 1 8c7aea0e-f543-11f0-94a4-00155d580e02 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=202188 Fakulteta za varnostne vede 0 0 0