O TROŠKOVIMA KRIMINALITETA U REPUBLICI HRVATSKOJ: PROMIŠLJANJA I ZAPAŽANJA ZA BUDUĆA PROUČAVANJA NA PRIMJERU KAZNENOG DJELA RAZBOJNIŠTVA
COST OF CRIME IN CROATIA: REFLECTION AND OBSERVATIONS FOR FUTURE STUDIES ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE ROBBERY

Summary/Abstract: The cost of crime is increasingly becoming a hot topic of various assessments of the impact on economic trends among politicians as strategic decision makers at national and local levels. This trend is especially relevant in the field of economic crime, which generates high costs as well as costs through lost profits or negative public perception. Crime reduction measures through increased surveillance, media campaigns, prevention measures and activities are yielding results but not enough to make us satisfied with what has been achieved.Different approaches to tackling crime through strategies determine the real trends in crime, the fluctuation of criminal phenomena and the early detection of social deviations and antisocial behavior. To make strategies dealing with crime effective, it is necessary to determine which are the phenomena that harm community, which strategies affect the feeling of fear, discomfort and general sense of citizens security. We also have to detect real scope of crime phenomenon and to which extent and in what way it affects citizens. Estimates of the cost of crime should be an integral part of strategies to deal with the causes and consequences of crime and should be a valid basis for taking action as well as proof of the effectiveness and efficiency of the action taken. In this paper, the author will present the practical application of crime cost analysis with reference to the dark number of crime and will use the selected method of crime cost estimation for society to create an estimate of known robbery costs for the Republic of Croatia.

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