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The article provides the overview of scientific research of geography of criminality in Lithuania. The author briefly presents the scientific works in the field – from students’ theses to research papers. As for now geography of criminality as a branch of scientific research is currently in the stage of formation. The first attempts to investigate into geography of criminality were made in 19th century in France and Belgium. In Lithuania, it is a relatively new field of geographic research. This paper consists of three parts. In the first part, the students’ theses on the topic are presented and essential findings highlighted. Three phases of development of students’ investigation in geography of criminality have been distinguished. In the second part, research papers are presented and categorized by particular research topics. The need of more substantial involvement of geographers is discussed. Finally, possibilities of further development of the field are discussed. Possible research directions are outlined and presented in form of a general structural scheme of geography of criminality. The substantial goals of the future research are defined. References 56. Figs 12. Table 1. In Lithuanian, summary in English.
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W artykule przedstawiono przestrzenne zróżnicowanie zagrożenia przestępczością w Polce. Do identyfikacji grup obszarów podobnych pod względem natężenia wybranych kategorii przestępstw wykorzystana została metoda Warda. Zobrazowano, jak zmieniała się struktura i dynamika przestępczości stwierdzonej w Polsce. Zwrócono uwagę na problemy związane z pomiarem zjawiska przestępczości oraz niektóre z czynników mogących wpływać na zmiany struktury i dynamiki przestępczości.
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The aim of the article is to analyze spatial variation, structure and dynamic of crime rate in Poland. There was presented changes in the structure and dynamic of crime rate in Poland. To identify groups of poviats similar in terms of the intensity of selected categories of crimes there was used Ward’s method. Special attention was paid to the problems associated with the measurement of crime.
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