Rural environments are specific for some crime forms, which can be divided into four categories: 1) agricultural or farm crime, 2) equine crime, 3) wildlife crime, and 4) heritage crime (Hacin and ...Eman, 2019). Pomurje is one of the most remote and least developed regions in Slovenia, where the rural environment predominates. In the article, the rural crime occurrence and related rural policing in areas of Pomurje are discussed. We analysed crime statistics and conducted structured interviews with the commanders of five police stations in the area of Police Directorate Murska Sobota, where each police station's area has its specifics with accordingly organized police work. Individual criminal offences are typical in all areas and do not differ from criminal offences in urban areas (e.g., theft, robbery, vandalism, fraud). Illegal migration, crime related to motorway stops along the Pomurje motorway, environmental crime, crime related to Roma, domestic violence, especially against the women and elderly, and the production of illegal drugs are the most prominent forms of rural crime in the Pomurje region. Socio-economic factors of smaller environments are reflected in rural settings and impact crime and policing. The police work in rural areas depends on residents' trust and respect for the police. This significantly affects the resident's willingness to cooperate with the police. Small size, mutual knowledge, and coherence reduce police operations' rigor and affect police officers' judgment. Police officers in Pomurje stick to the words 'together with the people for a safe local community'. Results show that police officers in a rural environment perceive neighbourhood safety more positively than colleagues in the urban environment. Good interpersonal relations and cooperation with the residents, committed and professional police officers, and management support are essential factors for successful policing in rural areas, reflected in a high percentage of investigated criminal offences.
•Rural crime can be divided into four categories: 1) agricultural or farm crime, 2) equine crime, 3) wildlife crime, and 4) heritage crime.•Pomurje is one of the most remote and least developed regions in Slovenia, where the rural environment predominates.•In the area of Police Directorate Murska Sobota, Pomurje, (Slovenia) individual criminal offences are typical in all areas and do not differ from criminal offences in urban areas (e.g., theft, robbery, vandalism, fraud). Illegal migration, crime related to motorway stops along the Pomurje motorway, environmental crime, crime related to Roma, domestic violence, especially against the women and elderly, and the production of illegal drugs are the most prominent forms of rural crime in the Pomurje region.•Socio-economic factors of smaller environments are reflected in rural settings and impact crime and policing.•The police work in rural areas depends on residents' trust and respect for the police.•Police officers in Pomurje stick to the words 'together with the people for a safe local community'.•Results show that police officers in a rural environment perceive neighbourhood safety more positively than colleagues in the urban environment.•Good interpersonal relations and cooperation with the residents, committed and professional police officers, and management support are essential factors for successful policing in rural areas, reflected in a high percentage of investigated criminal offences.
Rural environments are specific for some crime forms, which can be divided into four categories: 1) agricultural or farm crime, 2) equine crime, 3) wildlife crime, and 4) heritage crime (Hacin and ...Eman, 2019). Pomurje is one of the most remote and least developed regions in Slovenia, where the rural environment predominates. In the article, the rural crime occurrence and related rural policing in areas of Pomurje are discussed. We analysed crime statistics and conducted structured interviews with the commanders of five police stations in the area of Police Directorate Murska Sobota, where each police station's area has its specifics with accordingly organized police work. Individual criminal offences are typical in all areas and do not differ from criminal offences in urban areas (e.g., theft, robbery, vandalism, fraud). Illegal migration, crime related to motorway stops along the Pomurje motorway, environmental crime, crime related to Roma, domestic violence, especially against the women and elderly, and the production of illegal drugs are the most prominent forms of rural crime in the Pomurje region. Socio-economic factors of smaller environments are reflected in rural settings and impact crime and policing. The police work in rural areas depends on residents' trust and respect for the police. This significantly affects the resident's willingness to cooperate with the police. Small size, mutual knowledge, and coherence reduce police operations' rigor and affect police officers' judgment. Police officers in Pomurje stick to the words 'together with the people for a safe local community'. Results show that police officers in a rural environment perceive neighbourhood safety more positively than colleagues in the urban environment. Good interpersonal relations and cooperation with the residents, committed and professional police officers, and management support are essential factors for successful policing in rural areas, reflected in a high percentage of investigated criminal offences.
Purpose: This article highlights the work of Ljubljana's Municipal Warden Service (MWS), emphasizing the application of criminological knowledge in both preventive and repressive efforts. ...Design/Methods/Approach: We performed both qualitative and quantitative analyses using data from the SUDMR and PowerBI apps, employed by municipal wardens to track preventive actions and map repressive measures. Findings: In recent years, there has been a significant increase in both repressive and preventive actions of municipal wardens, with 115,453 measures implemented and 2,752 hours allocated to preventive work in 2022. The majority of repressive measures targeted road-related offenses. Community-oriented work and engagement were prioritized, especially in the densely populated city centre, focusing on road traffic and vulnerable road users. Integrating the apps used by MWS with criminological knowledge supports future planning, implementation, and justification of measures, as well as urban planning. Besides, mutual cooperation and exchange of information between MWS and other stakeholders are key to comprehensive security provision in the local environment. Research Limitations/Implications: A key limitation is that we only analysed repressive and preventive measures conducted by the MWS Ljubljana in 2022. Practical Implications: Applying criminological findings to municipal warden work is effective. Utilizing hot spot displays supports informed decision-making and preventive strategies. In instances where general prevention methods and misdemeanour procedures prove ineffective in ensuring public safety and preventing violations, particularly findings from the field of prevention, community policing and plural policing, can be useful. Originality/Value: This study is pioneering with a unique approach, utilizing new methodologies and perspectives to explain and validate the work of municipal wardens.
The focus of community policing is directly on the local community and encompasses various crime reduction and crime preventive initiatives developed and initiated through the interaction of police ...and local citizens. The history of the development of community policing in Slovenia has shown that, for a thriving community policing approach, police officers had to work actively and hard for many years and cooperate with local leaders and citizens from both rural and urban local communities in various ways to make positive progress. The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly changed police activities and interfered with community policing throughout Slovenia, especially in its rural regions. This article reviews the organization of community policing in eight rural Slovene police directorates. Interviews were conducted with community policing authorities at regional and local levels in all eight police directorates. We found that community policing changed significantly during the pandemic (e.g. use of Facebook, Zoom) and decreased, because police officers were occupied with performing other tasks (e.g. security measures related to the epidemiological situation). The most disadvantaged communities were located in rural areas, where contacts with citizens were almost completely cut off. Unfortunately, the most significant obstacle to community policing practices is long-term staffing shortages of the Slovenian police.
Namen prispevka: Namen prispevka je ponazoritev problematike spolnega nadlegovanja s poudarkom na območjih nočnega življenja (zabave) v mestih, predstavitvi teoretičnega ozadja, pojavnih oblik in ...razsežnosti pojava kot tudi viktimološkega vidika ter nekaterih kriminoloških razlag. Metode: V príspevku smo pregledali in analizirali literaturo, ki se nanaša na spolno nadlegovanje, nakar smo z metodo dedukcije splošne ugotovitve implementirali na območja nočnega življenja v mestih. Ugotovitve: Pri pregledu problematike smo ugotovili, da ključen element za opredelitev raznolikih verbalnih, neverbalnih in fizičnih dejanj kot spolno nadlegovanje predstavlja njihova nezaželenost z vidika nadlegovane osebe. Spolno nadlegovanje se pojavlja na vseh področjih človekovega udejstvovanja bodisi kot del nasilja v družini, na delovnem mestu, v sklopu izobraževanja ali javnih krajev. Med slednjimi predstavljajo manj raziskana območja območja nočnega življenja (zabave) v mestih. Kriminogen potencial območij nočnega življenja se med drugim skriva v prisotnosti alkohola in drog na teh območjih, kar vpliva na pojav različnih vrst odklonskega vedenja, tudi spolnega nadlegovanja. Ulično spolno nadlegovanje in nadlegovanje, ki ga storijo neznanci, sta v tuji literaturi prepoznana kot problematika javnih krajev, ki v prvi vrsti ni eksplicitno zakonsko omejena, kot drugo pa je tovrstni obliki spolnega nadlegovanja težko dokazati. Izvirnost/pomembnost prispevka: V príspevku smo se osredotočili na predstavitev vpogleda v problematiko spolnega nadlegovanja na območjih nočnega življenja, kar se nam zdi pomembno z vidika odpiranja potencialnih izhodišč za nadaljnjo razpravo in raziskovanje. Teoretična narava prispevka omogoča uporabo ugotovitev kot podlago za empirično študijo o spolnem nadlegovanju na območjih nočnega življenja v Sloveniji.
Namen: Článek zastavlja vprašanje, ali je ureditev varstva podatkov v policijskih postopkih zadostna in ali ne »škodi« subjektu postopka. Metode: V obliki sistematičnega pregleda literature so ...predstavljeni vplivi, prednosti in slabosti zakonskih sprememb na izvajanje policijskih nalog (npr. biometrični podatki, sistemi za prepoznavanje obrazov in avtomatska identifikacija registrskih tablic vozil) s poudarkom na ureditvi v Republiki Sloveniji. Ugotovitve: Zadnje spremembe na podrocju varstva osebnih podatkov se navezujejo predvsem na opredelitev, zbiranje, obdelavo, uporabo, posredovanje in shranjevanje osebnih podatkov. Posameznik ima pravice v zvezi z dostopom do informacij, obdelavo, popravkom, omejitvijo uporabe, prenosljivostjo, izbrisom ter ugovorom obdelave osebnih podatkov tudi v samih policijskih postopkih. Kadar policija deluje v okviru zakona, morajo biti njena pooblastila usklajena z ústavními in zakonskimi dolocili. Ta uskladitev šciti posege v zasebnost posameznika. Vendar brez pravne jasnosti, znane kot lex certa, obstaja tveganje, da dejanja postanejo neupraviceni posegi v pravice in svobošcine. Potreben je konsenz med varstvom posameznikove zasebnosti in omogocanjem ucinkovitega preiskovanja ter nadzora kriminalitete s strani organov kazenskega pregona. Omejitve: Článek je osredotočen le na ureditev varstva zasebnosti in podatkov v policijskih postopkih. Praktična uporabnost: Ugotovitve članka ponujajo vpogled v ureditev varstva podatkov v policijskih postopkih in osvetljujejo vrzeli ter oblikujejo izhodišča za prihodnje raziskave. Izvirnost/pomembnost prispevka: Článek je prvi sistematični pregled varstva osebnih podatkov v policijskih postopkih v Sloveniji.
Namen prispevka je predstaviti način novinarskega poročanja o otroški srčni kirurgiji ter ugotoviti, ali lahko z analiziranimi časopisnimi članki odgovorimo na zlata kriminalistična vprašanja. ...Prispevek temelji na kvalitativni in kvantitativni analizi časopisnih člankov otroške srčne kirurgije, ki so bili v obdobju 2012-2016 objavljeni v Dnevniku, Delu, Večeru, Financah in Slovenskih novicah. Zlata kriminalistična vprašanja smo uporabili kot metodo za prepoznavanje nekaterih kriminalističnih vidikov v časopisnih člankih o otroški srčni kirurgiji. Prispevek predstavlja poskus uporabe zlatih kriminalističnih vprašanj kot metodo za prepoznavanje nekaterih kriminalističnih vidikov v časopisnih člankih o otroški srčni kirurgiji v Sloveniji. Ugotovili smo, da z analiziranimi časopisnimi članki lahko odgovorimo na vsa zlata kriminalistična vprašanja, razen na vprašanje »s čim«, kar lahko pojasnimo s tem, da zaradi narave očitanih kaznivih dejanj (malomarno zdravljenje, zdravniške napake, korupcija) sredstva storitve niso v ospredju. Kljub temu je metoda po našem mnenju uporabna le delno in z zadržkom. Z njo ne moremo pridobiti podrobnejših informacij o preiskovanju in dokazovanju domnevnih kaznivih dejanj. Prav tako je pri uporabi odgovorov na zlata kriminalistična vprašanja potrebna previdnost, saj z njimi pridobimo vpogled v vsebino novic, ki jih mediji objavljajo, ne pa tudi verodostojnih odgovorov na posamezno vprašanje. Časopisni članki so namreč pogosto napisani senzacionalistično in temeljijo na nepreverjenih dejstvih ter virih. Omejitev raziskave predstavljajo predvsem senzacionalistično napisani časopisni članki kot tudi manko verodostojnih informacij o preiskovanju in dokazovanju domnevnih kaznivih dejanj v primerih otroške srčne kirurgije. Ugotovitve raziskave omogočajo vpogled v način in vsebino poročanja časopisov o otroški srčni kirurgiji. Ugotovitve prispevka so uporabne za vse, ki jih ta tematika zanima.
