In this paper it will be presented contemporary knowledge on the characteristics of perpetrators of domestic violence against children. The introductory part explains what it is domestic violence, to what extent is represented on the territory of Croatia, and it is illustrated by judicial practice to perpetrators of domestic violence. It is shown the typology of violence, an explanation of some type of it and that the children are also victims of domestic violence if only as witnesses. Various studies have attempted to provide an answer to what characteristics of the perpetrators appear as risk factors of domestic violence and violence against children. Certain characteristics showed more risky. Child characteristics such as sex, age, disability, difficult temperament, characteristics of perpetrators, such as gender, age, psychological characteristics, drug abuse, family stress, characteristics such as family relationships, witnessing of family violence, size of the family, single parenthood and the social and cultural characteristics, such as social support, poverty and the communities in which offenders live. The paper also points to the possibility of intergenerational transmission of violence to which those characteristics can lead, which is explained in social learning theory that talks about the danger that children as victims and witnesses of domestic violence by observing the behavior of their parents or guardians learn such patterns of behavior and transfers them in their future relations. It also tells explains the procedure of the Centre for Social Welfare in the case of violence against children and violence prevention programs.