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The article presents a proposal for multidisciplinary scientific platform, as a basis for security studies. It includes not only the military but mostly non-military aspects of security. An emphasis is put on security culture, the main pivot of the “Security Dimensions” as a scientific journal, with three pillars of the security culture concept: mental and spiritual (individual dimension), legal and organizational (social dimension), material.
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Author analyses the terrorist attacks in Bombay, 2008 and in Paris, November 2015 – several targets in Paris. In both attacks the same strategy was adopted – named here as a sequential terrorist attack. They were made by well prepared and equipped groups of terrorist attacking different targets once by once in short periods of time – like a city guerrillas. Some comparison to the attack on “Charlie Hebdo” editorial’s office, January 2015 is made – the attacks of November are not a separated act of terror but should be seen as a part and a consequence of war with Islamic State (ISIS). In this context, also including war in Eastern Ukraine, Polish security is analysed and crucial issues are outlined.
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Th e prospect of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) terrorism poses a dangerfor contemporary societies. However, the incidents related to an application of weapons of massdestruction (that is, nuclear, chemical, biological and radiological weapons) by non-state actorsare relatively rare. Th e aim of the paper is to present recent incidents and to estimate the threatfrom particular types of WMD. Th e author focuses both on the question of motivation to undertakethese operations and on the problem of technological capabilities.To sum up, the risk of a massive WMD terrorist attack should be perceived as quite moderatedue to the technological barrier, but selective attacks carry a greater potential risk because oftheir higher probability and signifi cant psychological eff ect.
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Authors analyse the structure of immigration processes in the present Europe, showing a qualitative difference between incomers to the Western countries and to Poland. The previous are reached by Muslim immigrants, finding it hard to assimilate with the host societies and therefore are keen to follow radical Islam and turn into terrorists. As examples of such situations the terrorists attacks at Madrid, London, and Paris are pointed. The latter is the destination mostly for the immigrants from neighboring countries, especially form Ukraine – they do not pose threat to Polish security and easily accommodate to Polish culture. The other analysed aspect is the influence of the immigration crisis on functioning of the European Union – both particular countries (especially Italy) and her institutions. The controversies over European Commission’s propositions for dealing with the immigration crisis are shown, with a stress put on Central European countries.
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The analysis of international experience of creation and protection of critical infrastructure is given. The definition of the term “critical infrastructure” is given too. The areas of critical infrastructure protection mechanisms in Ukraine are shown.
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The hierarchy in disposable groups, due to the specific nature thereof, is of significant importance for their proper functioning. Such a fixed sequence and order in this environment is essential as according to it someone performs managerial (command) functions, support ones or those positioned lower in terms of importance. Individuals holding certain positions must have relevant competences, skills and knowledge. Professional roles performed in disposable systems differ substantially from those played in a civilian environment. The differences result from the specificity of the tasks executed, responsibility for the specialised equipment and often for the lives of people.
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This article presents a system of crime prevention functioning in the realities of the Slovak Republic. The text discusses, inter alia, the essence of preventive measures taken against the phenomena of social maladjustment occurring in Slovakia. All three levels of the system (national, regional, local) are presented and the “National Crime Prevention Strategy 2012-2015” is brought closer (in an outline) and analised as a way to keep and develop country’s security culture.
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The article is an attempt to review the provisions of the regulation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration of 7 September 2010, as amended on the requirements to be met to protect the money stored and transported by entrepreneurs and other organizational units. Reported findings relate to the requirements of storage, transport, protection and equipment used in the process. In addition, to indicate the persons and entities responsible for protecting the value of money and the benefits and effects of the introduction of new regulations and the possibility of directly concerning cash. The elaboration systematises and raises awareness of the requirements of the protection of the cash of its storage, transport and changes in regulating this issues.
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Aim: The aim of the study is an attempt to answer the question whether a long-term karate practice exerts influence on the incidence of injuries and what its type and underlying cause. Methods: The research was carried out in July 2013 in Cracow during a karate training camp. 125 people from Poland participated in the study. The participation in research was voluntary and people were informed about its aim and application. The average age was 37,6 ± 11,3 years. The youngest participant was 15 and the oldest 57. Median age was 39 which means that half of participants was not older than 39 and the other half was at least 39. Questionnaire techniques were used in the study. The research tool used to implement the selected technique was survey questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of 23 open- and close-ended questions. Results: As results from own research, the greatest number of competitors (38) have suffered from contusion (47,1% of all injury types). This injury types constitutes almost half of all injuries. Among all injury types karate contestants suffered from last year, the most common were contusions (25,6% of all injuries). Conclusions: Karate training is not related to any serious injuries apart from contusions which at the same time are most common injury in this type of training. Contestants’ and training experience are not directly related to injury incidence. An appropriately organized, rational training and using prevention enables to avoid injuries. Circumstances of injury incidence change with contestants’ age and training experience.
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Under conditions of information society development more and more attention is paid to the human capital conception research and its investments efficiency determination, because a high level of individual capabilities, which were created in the process of investing, provides a worker competitiveness, flexibility and realization in economic activity, stimulates subsequent development and self-perfection under conditions of the information society formation. The development of the “human capital” concept, basic approaches to its determination and modern development features in domestic and foreign scientists’ research works are researched in the article. The process of a human capital formation is analyzed, general and excellent lines with contiguous concepts are selected. The concept of investments in human capital is explored, investment mechanism of human capital development under condition of information society transition is analyzed in the article. Possible consequences of such investments for main investment process participants are analyzed. It was found out that investments must be done on the early stages of human potential formation on the basis of education, medical providing, humanitarian and cultural development, and as a result there is a formation of highquality components, which provide the higher level of competitiveness and mobility at the labour market. The existent classification of investment subjects was extended, and added to them participants of market infrastructure, to which were included the financial and credit institutes, non-state pension fund, insurance companies, venture funds, accumulation funds, recruiting agencies.
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a long term strategy of the firm that is oriented to achieve harmony between the aspect of commercial activity of the business and the sphere of relations with clients, corporate governance and the idea of balanced development, environmental issues and company’s ethics. The purpose of this publication is to show the essence of CSR and to present the standards that are used to manage CSR. The text also includes a case study – the analysis of Microsoft concern in comparison with assumptions of corporate citizenship concept.
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The subject of the work is the issue of analysis and interpretation of non-verbal behavior referenced to the security context and its threats. The fundamental thesis of the work is to prove the crucial role of knowledge and practical skills in the recognition and presentation of nonverbal behavior in crisis situations and emergencies. The author also points out the possibility of preparing and carrying out training in dealing with non-verbal messages for members of dispositional groups. In the analysis, the issue of the difference between the non-verbal and verbal behavior is discussed. Then the environmental issues of communication are analyzed in the form of importance of factors such as perception of situation, perception of time, presence of other people and architectural elements. In the same area dimensions of relations, knowledge on environment and people are located. The scope of non-verbal communication also includes close surroundings of a person and things possessed by him/her. Other important elements of the communication environment analysis are territory and personal space. Distinction is made between types of territory. In connection with the issue of space the author also introduced categorization of distance to the partner. In conclusion the need and usefulness of communication behavior model constructing, and conducting empirical research in this area are pointed out.
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The article presents a proposal for multidisciplinary scientific platform, as a basis for security studies. It includes not only the military but mostly non-military aspects of security. An emphasis is put on security culture, the main pivot of the “Security Dimensions” as a scientific journal, with three pillars of the security culture concept: mental and spiritual (individual dimension), legal and organizational (social dimension), material.
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Service in a special unit of the Police is extremely tedious, both in physical and mental terms, with very high expectations for their policemen. It cannot arise only from official duties, but – above all – specific lifestyle, which should be the primary stimulus for taking them. It is confirmed by research conducted among policemen-antiterrorists, relating to their motivation in taking service in anti-terrorist subunit of the Police. Studies have also shown that such service is not fully in line with the expectations of the officers, and their priorities change over its course. A lot of factors have impact on it, negatively affecting the attitude of policemen, which were revealed in the study. The results can be used to create such conditions of service, which will reduce or eliminate loss of idealistic motives for taking service in the special unit of the Police.
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Going on a mission undoubtedly constitutes a real threat to the stability of a military family. The fact of being temporarily separated, together with all the related emotional problems, seem to cause a number of dysfunctions in the partners’ relations. The departure of the spouse for a mission is an important social phenomenon which creates a new situation in which the widely acknowledged patterns of family behavior do not guarantee the fulfillment of the family’s needs. Hence, there is a necessity to renegotiate family roles and their scope. In the families of soldiers who go on a mission it is the wife who takes over all the duties and the responsibility for the family’s general wellbeing. They have to face the dull reality: paying the bills, making renovations and bringing up children. When back home, the soldiers take over the man’s responsibilities. From one moment to the next, they have to became fathers, husbands and the heads of their families again. Unfortunately, it is difficult for both spouses to cope with such a situation.
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the article is an analysis of the issue of drugs consumption, in the historical context, and concentrates on the synthetic drugs production that lasts for the last decades. authors mainly focus on the most present topic – the boosters: their impact on health (intoxication), distribution and production. they consider measures taken by authorities to fight this phenomenon, as well as show its partial efficiency due to changes in boosters production (flexible changes of consistence) and distribution (foreign platforms use).
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Formalization and institutionalization of research institutions in the Police are processes and influence its functioning. Changing environment wield influence on the operations of institution and its cooperation with objects participating in solving decent crime problems. The article contains the literature analysis in the range of factors impacting these processes and the empirical analysis of researches in the range of factors shaping both processes in decent research environment.
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This article is a reflection of the research focuses on the period after the Czechoslovak Republic in 1918 to the time before World War II in 1939. The aim of the research is to explore the basic approaches to the implementation of education for statehood in terms of the creation of a new state in relation to civil defence education in Czechoslovakia. The comparative historical analysis will be utilized as the research method on the subject of education for statehood. The comparative historical analysis is used as a specific tool for qualitative research. This is a procedure which can be applied to the statehood issue of education to its basic elements, by which it will be possible to learn more about this phenomenon and subsequently explain it.
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the paper is a preliminary evaluation of governmental program to limit crime and antisocial behaviour „Razem Bezpieczniej” [“More Secure together”], which was completed 15 October 2015. It is an example of institutional influence on inappropriate social attitude. the paper’s hypothesis assumed that a change in attitudes in environments subject to a program does not necessarily have to be the result of actions of the “More Secure together”. the work is an attempt to assess the effectiveness for generation of positive change in the area of security and public order in the Pomeranian region.
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