How Police Communicate: Analysis of Press Releases on Local Safety
How Police Communicate: Analysis of Press Releases on Local Safety
Author(s): Marija Pavlović
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Civil Society, Governance, Security and defense, Criminology, Welfare services
Published by: BCBP Beogradski centar za bezbednosnu politiku
Keywords: criminal offences; Ministry of the Interior; Local Security; Police; Serbian Security Policy
Summary/Abstract: The main finding of this research is that there is a large disproportion between the press releases of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia and the actual number of criminal offence committed on the territory of the Republic of Serbia during the year, and that some criminal offences are more common than others.Based on the analysis of the press releases from the website of the Ministry of the Interior for a period of two and a half years, one gets the impression that the MoI prioritises criminal offences that have a higher degree of organization than opportunistic and impulsive crimes, even when the latter appear to be more numerous. Consequently, in the MoI press releases, the most common criminal offences are drug trafficking, manufacturing or acquiring weapons, ammunition and explosive substances, aggravated theft and robbery, while according to the official data of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia (SORS) this is not the case.
Series: Beogradski Centar za Bezbednosnu Politiku - Analysis
- Page Count: 18
- Publication Year: 2020
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
