Attitudes of People Living in Integrated Communities Towards Crime (Example of Podkarpacie) Cover Image

Postawy osób mieszkających w zintegrowanych społecznościach lokalnych…wobec przestępczości (na przykładzie Podkarpacia)
Attitudes of People Living in Integrated Communities Towards Crime (Example of Podkarpacie)

Author(s): Eugeniusz Moczuk, Arkadiusz Leśniak-Moczuk
Subject(s): Social Theory, Criminology, Sociology of Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: crime; sociological studies; attitudes towards crime; local community;

Summary/Abstract: Thanks to the sociological research it can be stated that the residents of the local communities of Podkarpaciehave very little ‘personal experience’ of crime. Firstly, it is a region with the lowest crime rate. Secondly,these communities enjoy a social integration resulting from the fact of living in a given area for generations.The inhabitants of this region usually learn about crimes from movies, television news, newspapers or radio rather than from their own experience.

  • Issue Year: VIII/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 155-176
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish