Koncentrácia a dynamika majetkovej kriminality v trinástich mestách SR
Concentration and Dynamism of the Crime against Property in Thirteen Cities of Slovakia
Author(s): Anton MichálekSubject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Sociologický ústav - Slovenská akadémia vied
Keywords: Crime against property; crime rate; cities; crime centres; risk areas
Summary/Abstract: Concentration and Dynamism of the Crime against Property in Thirteen Cities of Slovakia. A typical characteristics of the significant increase of crime rate in Slovakia is its high concentration in cities. The aim of the paper was to find out which of the cities could by identified as crime centres, and which of them can be treated as potential risk areas. The presented findings can help urban sociologists in the study of life quality in the cities or social pathology of the cities. The paper points out the need to scrutinize, analyze, and explain the social roots of crime in the cities.
Journal: Sociológia - Slovak Sociological Review
- Issue Year: 1996
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 343-352
- Page Count: 10
- Language: Slovak