The revenge as a motive for becoming and committing domestic violence

The presented research results provide a theoretical generalization of the phenomenon of revenge, its nature and qualitative characteristics. Taking into account the multifaceted nature of the phenomenon of revenge and the mutual influence of various cultural matrices, the author considered the voiced phenomenon through the prism of domestic violence.The topicality of the topic is due to insufficient scientific development of the motivational function of revenge in the formation and deployment of domestic violence. The purpose of the research involved the formation of theoretical aspects regarding revenge as a socio- legal phenomenon and as a motive for committing domestic violence. In the course of the conducted research, the state of scientific development of the problems of the phenomenon of revenge, forgiveness and domestic violence is highlighted. It has been established that revenge is based on the desire or obligation to punish the offender for an insult, injury, damage, or evil. It is emphasized that revenge is a deliberate, purposeful act, which is produced as a response (reaction) to an insult received, a violation of rights, interests, and is associated with the desire of people to satisfy the need to repay the offender for the insult caused. The author’s vision of revenge is formulated as a deliberate purposeful punishment in the sense of retribution, which is implemented both by legitimate legal institutions and informal methods, methods in an open or closed form: intentional harm for the purpose of revenge, poisoning, intentional beatings, murder, torture, intentional bodily harm and other criminal acts motivated by revenge. It is substantiated that the learned narratives, value orientations, level, degree, form of inflicted pain, evil, opportunity, ability and readiness in combination with the co-dependence of the participants of domestic violence emphasize the multi-vector nature of revenge, which, in turn, allows the researcher to come to a conclusion about the dualistic nature of the voiced phenomenon when formation and perpetration of domestic violence.The conclusions and proposals formulated in the scientific article can be used in: - the scientific research field - for further scientific research in the field of prevention and countermeasures against domestic violence; - the applicable field of law - as recommendations for improving the procedural activity of pre­trial investigation bodies; - the educational process - for the preparation of lectures on the disciplines «Criminal Law», «Criminology», «Legal Psychology», «Preventive Psychology», «Prevention, Counteraction to Domestic Violence». We see the prospect of further investigations in the legal-psychological analysis of the emotional- cognitive, behavioral (conative) components of jealousy and revenge through the prism of the socio-cultural discourse « domestic violence».