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Authors: Šimon, Martin, Jíchová, Jana
This article reports on a new empirical study evaluating crime concentration at places in a postsocialist city. We use principles of the law of crime concentration at places and the Cambridge Crime Harm Index to measure crime count and crime harm concentration at the le...
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Authors: Krulichová, Eva, Kupka, Petr, Walach, Václav
Despite a long and rich history of fear of crime research, studies which focus on the importance of local specifics are rather limited. This study fills this gap by analyzing fear of crime—measured as concerns about crime and feeling of safety—among residents of disadvantaged nei...
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Authors: Podaná Zuzana, Eva Krulichová
Research on adolescent fear of crime is still relatively limited and often simply applies theoretical explanations proposed for adults. This study strives to extend current knowledge in this field by analyzing the impact of parenting style on fear of crime, namely parental attach...
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Authors: Krulichová, Eva
Cross-national comparisons of fear of crime have been gaining in popularity within the academic community, as they allow for the examination of both individual and country-level correlates of this phenomenon. Nevertheless, the role of perceived victimization risk in fostering fea...
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Authors: Krulichová, Eva
Subjective well-being is usually studied with respect to marital and occupational status, income or subjective health. Conversely, research examining the relationship between this phenomenon and crime-related factors is still relatively limited. This study therefore aims to exten...
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Authors: Krulichová, Eva, Zuzana Podaná
The aim of this study is to broaden the scope of knowledge on fear of crime by examining if Ferraro’s risk interpretation model of fear of crime also holds true for the adolescent population. Using data on approximately 1500 Czech students in middle and grammar school, we test th...
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Authors: Podaná, Zuzana, Krulichová, Eva
The aim of the present study is to thoroughly examine the relationship between adolescent fear of crime and a wide variety of offences which commonly affect children. The analysed data comes from the Urban Youth Victimization Survey conducted among 9th grade students in the Czech...
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Authors: Krulichová, Eva
Recently, there has been growing interest in crime-related determinants of subjective well-being (SWB). The existing findings are, however, rather contradictory. The relationship between the aforementioned phenomena is most often examined using cross-sectional data, although it s...
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Authors: Gawrecká, Daniela, Hronešová, Jessie, Vamberová, Pavla, Guasti, Petra, Mansfeldová, Zdenka
In this discussion paper series, the Prague SECONIMICS team intends toallow the broader academic community to take part in an on-goingdiscussion about the risks and threats, as well as trade-offs, betweenthemselves and security. This research focus stems from the fact thatuntil n...
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Authors: Šimon, Martin, Jíchová, Jana
The aim of this paper is to introduce crime harmspots as a new analytical approach measuring the societal impact of crime at places. The crime harm approach has a clear practical applicability in policing and crime prevention. Increasing utilisation of geo-localise...
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Authors: Andrea Beláňová, Tereza Trejbalová, Kamali’ilani Wetherell
Due to the lack of sufficient non-governmental prisoner re-entry services in the Czech Republic, many post-release activities are provided by faith-based organizations (FBOs). However, the Czech Republic is considered to be one of the most atheistic countries in the world. Most o...
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Authors: Moravcová, Eva, Tomášek, Jan
The trend towards harsher punishment of offenders, usually termed the ‘new punitiveness’, is often explained as a response to deepening social and economic uncertainty. One important area that criminal policy research has long dealt with is public attitudes to punishment. Stateme...
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Authors: Krulichová, E., Podaná, Z., Buriánek, J.
Monografie podává přehled výsledků nejnovějšího reprezentativního výzkumu delikvence u žáků 7.–9. tříd základních škol a gymnázií v ČR z roku 2013 a nabízí jejich srovnání s rokem 2007. Podrobně a systematicky analyzuje vliv prakticky všech relevantních individuálních (sebekontro...
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Authors: Tomášek, Jan, Krulichová, Eva, Masopust Šachová, Petra
The main objective of this study is to examine interest in the implementation of five restorative justice programs as reported by 225 employes of the Prison Service of the Czech Republic and to identify the factors that underpin such interest. The results show that perceived usef...
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Authors: Pikálková, Simona (ed.)
This study examines the results of the International Violence Against Women Survey (IVAWS) in theCzech Republic and addresses the wider issues of domestic violence in partner relationships. The firstpart of the study deals with aspects of domestic violence from a sociological per...
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Authors: Vamberová, P.
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Authors: Holas, J., Krulichová, E., Háková, L., Scheinost, M.
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Authors: Linková, Marcela
The chapter examines gender aspects of domestic violence and places it in the general gender system of western societies. It explains the high incidence of domestic violence against the backdrop of different gender expectations and orders for women and men and draws attention to...
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Authors: Moravcová, E.
Research on thesocio-spatial analysis of crime reaches deep into the past. However, one of the first major sociological theories that influenced the scientific field of criminology is the social disorganization theory of Shaw and McKay, who studied the impact of structural factor...
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