Dominika Bek, PhD in legal sciences, assistant professor at the Institute of Legal Sciences of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Silesia in Katowice, criminal law specialist, member of the Equality and Diversity Commission of the University of Silesia in Katowice, mediator in criminal cases at the Silesian Centre for Arbitration and Mediation in Katowice, editor-in-chief of the semi-annual journal “Forum Polityki Kryminalnej”, author of numerous scientific publications in the field of substantive criminal law and criminology, including prevention of violence against women and domestic violence.