Strah od kriminala

master's thesis

• Title (english): Fear of Crime
• Author: Lovrana Lovrić
• Mentor: Ines Sučić (mentor)
• Committee member: Renata Franc (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Renata Glavak Tkalić (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Ines Sučić (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Croatian Studies; (Department of Psychology); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2014-09-30, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology

Abstract

Strah od kriminala često je istraživani konstrukt, no obično se ispituje s obzirom na
socio-demografske karakteristike sudionika, makro-varijable prisutne u susjedstvu te mjestu
stanovanja sudionika, kao i s obzirom na prijašnje iskustvo viktimizacije. Cilj ovoga rada bio
je ispitati postoje li statistički značajne razlike među različitim, specifičnim skupinama
sudionika u strahu od kriminala. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 482 muškarca iz nacionalno
reprezentativnoga uzorak punoljetnih građana Republike Hrvatske, 83 pravosudna policajca
zaposlena u Zatvoru u Zagrebu (84,3% muškoga spola) te 111 zatvorenika muškoga spola
Centra za dijagnostiku u Zagrebu. Podaci su prikupljeni metodom anketnog upitnika.
Rezultati istraživanja pokazali se sudionici svih uzoraka osjećaju vrlo sigurno općenito kao i u
specifičnim situacijama, te da su vrlo malo zabrinuti da bi mogli postati žrtvom različitih
kaznenih djela. Od ispitanih situaciju sudionici osjećaju najmanju sigurnosti kad se noću
koriste javnim prijevozom, te pokazuju najveću zabrinutost da bi im netko mogao provaliti u
kuću/stan. Pravosudni policajci se osjećaju značajno manje sigurnima vozeći se noću u
sredstvima javnog prijevoza od zatvorenika i opće populacije, te su općenito više zabrinuti
zbog viktimizacije u budućnost, kao i da bi mogli biti žrtvom fizičkoga napada ili razbojništva
i provale u vlastitu kuću/stan od opće populacije. Sudionici iz općega uzorka značajno su
manje puta bili žrtvom nasilnoga, kao i nenasilnoga kaznenoga djela od sudionika iz preostala
dva uzorka. Većina sudionika iz sva tri uzorka smatra da se stopa kriminala, u posljednjih pet
godina u Republici Hrvatskoj povećala, dok uzorak zatvorenika sudske kazne u Republici
Hrvatskoj procjenjuje značajno strožijima u odnosu na sudionike iz preostalih uzoraka.
Rezultati regresijske analize pokazali su da nakon kontrole učinka socio-demografskih
varijabli prijašnja viktimizacija te stavovi o kriminalu i kažnjavanju značajno pridonose
objašnjenju osjećaja sigurnosti i osjećaja zabrinutosti.

Abstract (english)

Fear of crime is frequently researched construct, but most of the studies were
investigating its' association with socio- demographic characteristics, macro- variables in the
neighbourhood and previous victimization. The aim of this study was to examine whether
there are statistically significant differences in the fear of crime among specific groups of
participants. In this study 482 men from a nationally representative sample of adult Croatian
citizens, 83 judicial police officers employed in Prison in Zagreb (84.3% males) and 111 male
prisoners from Centre for Diagnostics in Zagreb participated. Data were gathered by
questionnaires. The results showed that all participants feel very safe in general as well in
specific situations and that they were not worried of becoming the victims of specific criminal
offenses. Participants felt the least safe while taking ride in public transport during the night,
and were worried the most about becoming victim of burglary. Judicial police officers felt
significantly less safe while riding in public transport during the night than general population
and prisoners, and were also worried statistically significantly more in general, as well of
being victims of physical assault and burglary than general population. Previous victimization
was less frequent among participants from general population than among participants from
other samples. Majority of participants in all three samples considered that the crime rates
increased in the last five years in Croatia, while the prisoners estimated higher severity of
punishments in Croatia than participants from other samples. After controlling the influence
of socio-demographic variables, previous victimization and attitudes toward crime rates and
punishment severity significantly contributed to the explanation of feelings of safety as well
as feelings of worry.

• Keywords: strah od kriminala; pravosudni policajci; zatvorenici; viktimizacija; stavovi prema kriminalu i kažnjavanju
• Keywords (english): fear of crime; judicial police officers; prisoners; victimization; attitudes toward crime rates and punishment severity
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:111:402183
• Study programme: Title: Department of Psychology; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra psihologije (magistar/magistra psihologije)
• Type of resource: Text
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• Created on: 2015-10-14 12:46:43