Geografia omuciderilor în spațiul rural românesc (2011-2020)
Homicides Geography in the Romanian Rural Space (2011-2020)

Author(s): Octavian Groza, Vicenţiu-Robert Gabor
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Geography, Regional studies, Human Geography, Regional Geography, Environmental Geography, Criminal Law, Political Theory, Civil Society, Public Administration, Labor relations, Security and defense, Politics and law, Politics and society, Penal Policy, EU-Legislation, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Editura Universitară
Keywords: homicides; Romania; rural areas; geographical differences;
Summary/Abstract: Consisting of extremely violent and seemingly random events, the phenomenon of homicides is often considered a sign of social pathology and thus the spatial dimension that it can acquire through the various processes that lead to its territorial rooting is lost sight of. Our research is focused on discovering the geographical dimensions of this phenomenon within the Romanian rural spaces. The choice of the rural area is not accidental: between 2011 and 2020 more than 62.5% of homicides were recorded in this environment, which, according to the official statistics of the 2021 census, amounts to only 47.8% of the total population. Noticing the spatial differentiation of the phenomenon allows, on the one hand, to support the construction of public prevention policies, and on the other hand, it allows the initiation of a reflection on the efficiency of the geographical distribution of the means available to the institutions charged with the administration of various operational aspects related to homicides.

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