KRIMINALITA A VNÍMANIE BEZPEČIA V EURÓPE

• Authors: Michal Kentoš , Mária Homišinová , Daniela Husovská

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Criminality and safety perceptions in Europe

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

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The focus of the present analysis is on the perceived security of citizens from the different European countries. We examined the association between the subjective perceived security and the objective indicators of criminality in different European countries. The subjective perceived security was investigated in three domains – the perceived fear of dark abandoned places, the fear of being a victim of crime of violence, the fear of burglary into own apartment or house. Our results indicate that there isn’t any association between the level of criminality in the country and the perceived security of their citizens. The citizens from Scandinavian countries perceived the highest level of security in comparison with other European citizens, but on the other hand their countries are not the most secure according to objective indicators of criminality. The lowest levels of security are perceived mostly in south-eastern parts of Europe. Our findings are very interesting and need further investigations.

Keywords

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PERCEIVED SAFETY; CRIME; PSYCHOLOGY; CRIMINALITY; EUROPE

• Publisher: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Social Sciences
• Journal: Človek a spoločnosť. Internetový časopis pre pôvodné teoretické a výskumné štúdie z oblasti spoločenských vied
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 4
• Pages: -

Contributors

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Michal Kentoš

• Spoločenskovedný ústav SAV, Karpatská 5, 040 01 Košice, Slovak Republic

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Mária Homišinová

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Daniela Husovská