The conference proceedings present peer reviewed papers
presented at the third national conferenc... more The conference proceedings present peer reviewed papers presented at the third national conference on local safety and security in Slovenia in November 2017. A lead topic of the conference summarizes results of research on safety perceptions, which was done in 24 local communities in the spring in 2017. The main aim of the papers is proposing solutions for more efficient assurance of safety/security in local communities (smaller, middle and larger municipalities) in Slovenia. The papers in the proceedings discuss various aspects of safety and security in local communities, such as perception of safety/security and risks in local communities (perception of crime, sources of threats, safety in urban areas, police presence, and social cohesion); expectations and effectiveness of ensuring safety and security (perception and effectiveness of community policing, perception of the tasks of armed forces, migration, and perception of threats in cyber space); and practices of ensuring safety and security in local communities (legal regulation of municipalities, good practices of solving safety issues in the area of Police directorate Novo mesto and Murska Sobota, and perception of ensuring local safety and security through the perspective of different stakeholders).
Introduction
The eleventh Biennial International Conference Criminal Justice and Security: Safety... more Introduction The eleventh Biennial International Conference Criminal Justice and Security: Safety, Security, and Social Control in Local Communities was held on 26 - 27 September 2016, in Ljubljana, Slovenia. This year the Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Conference (1996-2016), which proves not only the persistence and commitment of its organisers but also how important it is to researchers and practitioners. Organized by the Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor, Slovenia, the Conference is supported by the European Group of Research into Norms, Guyancourt, France; College of Justice and Safety, Eastern Kentucky University, USA; School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University, USA; Department of Criminology, University of Leicester, UK; ACUNS - The Academic Council on the United Nations Systems; Transcrime - The Joint Research Centre on Transnational Crime of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and the University of Trento, Italy; the Faculty of Law, Lomonosov - Moscow State University, and the Ministry of the Interior, Republic of Slovenia. The primary aim of the Conference is to engage in the exchange of views, concepts, and research findings among scientists, researchers, and practitioners covering a broad range of local and universal safety-and-security and criminal justice topics. Such a diverse scholarly coverage of numerous topics and themes in criminology, criminal justice, security and related disciplines by the experts from all around the world created an opportunity for those from Central and Eastern Europe to present their views and research. Hence, the Conference highlighted new ideas, methods, and findings spanning numerous research topics and applied areas relating to local safety and security (e.g. , a review of research on local safety, security and crime prevention, local safety and security councils, community policing, analysis of local crime and incivilities, etc.). A total of 75 papers was presented. The concept of safety and security and its evolving nature make it a challenging topic of research. And while the concept is not unfamiliar to Central and Eastern European scholars incriminal justice and related disciplines, it is a lack of research into rapidly changing security threats that is more challenging, perhaps. Different views are reflected in a number of papers included in this publication, but if viewed collectively, they will hopefully provide the reader with a rich and diverse overview (and insight) into the type of issues and research emerging in the region. They will show, quite evidently, that regional scholars are becoming increasingly interested in and receptive to exploring and examining the importance of organisation of local safety and security, evidence-based responses to crime and other threats - not to mention the ever-changing nature of safety and security challenges in the region - which are not based on perceptions only but require firm legal regulations to protect the values of the people. It is important to mention that the majority of the Conference participants and contributors to this volume are not native English-speaking researchers. Therefore, we would like to thank the authors for all their efforts in preparing their papers in English. All the papers were peer reviewed. In the editorial process, however, a number of them had to be excluded for various reasons. This publication comprises 47 papers, with the majority of contributions coming from the Central and Eastern European regions. We hope that in addition to inspiring a continued interest in and an expansion of both richness of the topics and the areas studied, they will attract interest from other regions of the world to perhaps engage in comparative projects that could benefit the wider global criminology, criminal justice, and security research communities. We would like to acknowledge the support of all peer reviewers for their helpful comments on draft papers and thank Dr. Katja Eman, Rok Hacin, Kaja Prislan, and Bernarda Tominc for their administrative support. We are also grateful to all the members of the programme and organising committees for their support in organising this significant scientific event. Last but not least, our thanks go to the authors of the papers who made this publication possible. Gorazd Meško & Branko Lobnikar Editors
Conference proceedings from the 1st national conference safety/security in local communities in S... more Conference proceedings from the 1st national conference safety/security in local communities in Slovenia (Ljubljana 27 November 2015).
The book explores police legitimacy and crime control, with a focus on the European region. Using... more The book explores police legitimacy and crime control, with a focus on the European region. Using comparative case studies, the contributions to this timely volume examine the effects of a transition to democracy on policing, public attitudes towards police legitimacy, and the ways in which perceptions of police legitimacy relate to compliance with the law. Following these case studies, the authors provide recommendations for improving police legitimacy and controlling crime, in these particular sociopolitical environments, where the police are often associated with previous military or paramilitary roles. The techniques used by these researchers may be applied to studies for policing in other regions, with potential applications within Europe and beyond. Chapters present topical issues of crime, crime control and human emotions regarding crime, criminals, law enforcement and punishment in contemporary societies. This book will be of interest to researchers in criminology and criminal justice, as well as political science and public policy. This book is highly recommended for anyone interested in procedural justice and legitimacy, encounters between citizens and the state, the effectiveness of governmental institutions, and democratic development. It stands alone in its broad, cross-national contributions to understanding these issues. -Wesley G. Skogan, PhD, Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
Understanding and Managing Threats to the Environment in South Eastern Europe
This volume presents reflections on a variety of environmental issues in South-Eastern Europe fro... more This volume presents reflections on a variety of environmental issues in South-Eastern Europe from diverse contemporary scientific disciplines. The contributions address many crucial issues including national environmental policies, economic instruments for preventing crimes against the environment, international waste trafficking, threats to air, water and soil due to mining, management of dump areas, environment protection and food safety from a perspective of public health. The book will be a useful resource for researchers, developers and decision makers interested in the stability and sustainable development of the South-Eastern European countries.
The conference proceedings is a part of the series entitled Criminal Justice and Security in Cent... more The conference proceedings is a part of the series entitled Criminal Justice and Security in Central and Eastern Europe (previously Policing in Central and Eastern Europe) indexed in Conference Proceedings Citation Index.
The conference proceedings is a part of the series entitled Criminal Justice and Security in Cent... more The conference proceedings is a part of the series entitled Criminal Justice and Security in Central and Eastern Europe (previously Policing in Central and Eastern Europe) indexed in Conference Proceedings Citation Index.
Programska skupina Varnost v lokalnih skupnostih je prva programska skupina v zgodovini Fakultete... more Programska skupina Varnost v lokalnih skupnostih je prva programska skupina v zgodovini Fakultete za varnostne vede Univerze v Mariboru. Poglavje prikazuje nekatere ugotovitve raziskovanja varnosti v lokalnih skupnostih v zadnjih desetletjih s poudarkom na ključnih temah raziskovanja: (1) o raziskovanju varnosti v lokalnih skupnostih v Sloveniji po letu 2000; (2) kriminaliteti, viktimizacijskih študijah, občutkih varnosti in socialni koheziji v lokalnih skupnostih; (3) policijskem delu v skupnosti kot temeljni dejavnosti zagotavljanja lokalne varnosti in (4) vlogi občin pri zagotavljanju lokalne varnosti. Sledi še predstavitev nacionalne ter mednarodne konferenčne dejavnosti. V sklepnem delu poglavja avtorja predstavita število objav v mednarodnih znanstvenih revijah, knjige pri mednarodnih založbah, gesla v enciklopedijah, uredništvo v mednarodnih znanstvenih revijah in prispevek k nacionalnim in lokalnim politikam ter razvoju mladih raziskovalcev. Dodatne raziskovalne izzive je prineslo obdobje covida-19, ko so raziskovalci dodatno raziskovali spremembe glede zagotavljanja varnosti in gibanja kriminalitete v Sloveniji in širše.
Programska skupina Varnost v lokalnih skupnostih je prva programska skupina v zgodovini Fakultete... more Programska skupina Varnost v lokalnih skupnostih je prva programska skupina v zgodovini Fakultete za varnostne vede Univerze v Mariboru. Poglavje prikazuje nekatere ugotovitve raziskovanja varnosti v lokalnih skupnostih v zadnjih desetletjih s poudarkom na ključnih temah raziskovanja: (1) o raziskovanju varnosti v lokalnih skupnostih v Sloveniji po letu 2000; (2) kriminaliteti, viktimizacijskih študijah, občutkih varnosti in socialni koheziji v lokalnih skupnostih; (3) policijskem delu v skupnosti kot temeljni dejavnosti zagotavljanja lokalne varnosti in (4) vlogi občin pri zagotavljanju lokalne varnosti. Sledi še predstavitev nacionalne ter mednarodne konferenčne dejavnosti. V sklepnem delu poglavja avtorja predstavita število objav v mednarodnih znanstvenih revijah, knjige pri mednarodnih založbah, gesla v enciklopedijah, uredništvo v mednarodnih znanstvenih revijah in prispevek k nacionalnim in lokalnim politikam ter razvoju mladih raziskovalcev. Dodatne raziskovalne izzive je prineslo obdobje covida-19, ko so raziskovalci dodatno raziskovali spremembe glede zagotavljanja varnosti in gibanja kriminalitete v Sloveniji in širše.
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presented at the third national conference on local safety and security in Slovenia in November 2017. A lead topic of the conference summarizes results of research on safety perceptions, which was done in 24 local communities in the spring in 2017. The main aim of the papers is proposing solutions for more efficient assurance of safety/security in local communities (smaller, middle and larger municipalities) in Slovenia. The papers in the proceedings discuss various aspects of safety and security in local communities, such as perception of safety/security and risks in local communities (perception of crime, sources of threats, safety in urban areas, police presence, and social cohesion); expectations and effectiveness of
ensuring safety and security (perception and effectiveness of community policing, perception of the tasks of armed forces, migration, and perception of threats in cyber space); and practices of ensuring safety and security in
local communities (legal regulation of municipalities, good practices of solving safety issues in the area of Police directorate Novo mesto and Murska Sobota, and perception of ensuring local safety and security
through the perspective of different stakeholders).
The eleventh Biennial International Conference Criminal Justice and Security: Safety, Security, and Social Control in Local Communities was held on 26 - 27 September 2016, in Ljubljana, Slovenia. This year
the Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Conference (1996-2016), which proves not only the persistence and commitment of its organisers but also how
important it is to researchers and practitioners. Organized by the Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor, Slovenia, the Conference is supported by the European Group of Research into Norms, Guyancourt, France; College of Justice and Safety, Eastern Kentucky
University, USA; School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University, USA; Department of Criminology, University of Leicester, UK; ACUNS - The Academic Council on the United Nations Systems; Transcrime - The Joint Research Centre on Transnational Crime of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and the University of Trento, Italy; the Faculty of Law,
Lomonosov - Moscow State University, and the Ministry of the Interior, Republic of Slovenia. The primary aim of the Conference is to engage in the exchange of views, concepts, and research findings among scientists, researchers, and practitioners covering a broad range of local
and universal safety-and-security and criminal justice topics. Such a diverse scholarly coverage of numerous topics and themes in criminology, criminal justice, security and related disciplines
by the experts from all around the world created an opportunity for those from Central and Eastern Europe to present their views and research. Hence, the Conference highlighted new ideas, methods, and findings spanning numerous research topics and applied areas relating to
local safety and security (e.g. , a review of research on local safety, security and crime prevention, local safety and security councils, community policing, analysis of local crime and incivilities, etc.). A total of 75 papers was presented. The concept of safety and security and its evolving nature make it a challenging topic of research. And while the concept is not unfamiliar to Central and Eastern European scholars incriminal justice and related disciplines, it is a lack of research into rapidly changing security threats that is more challenging, perhaps. Different views are reflected in a number of papers included in this publication, but if viewed collectively, they will hopefully provide the reader with a rich and diverse overview (and insight) into the type of issues and research emerging in the region. They will show, quite evidently, that regional scholars are becoming increasingly
interested in and receptive to exploring and examining the importance of organisation of local safety and security, evidence-based responses to crime and other threats - not to mention the ever-changing nature of safety and security challenges in the region - which are not based on perceptions only but require firm legal regulations to protect the values of the people.
It is important to mention that the majority of the Conference participants and contributors to this volume are not native English-speaking researchers. Therefore, we would like to thank the authors for all their efforts in preparing their papers in English. All the papers were peer
reviewed. In the editorial process, however, a number of them had to be excluded for various reasons.
This publication comprises 47 papers, with the majority of contributions coming from the Central and Eastern European regions. We hope that in addition to inspiring a continued interest in and an expansion of both richness of the topics and the areas studied, they will attract interest
from other regions of the world to perhaps engage in comparative projects that could benefit the wider global criminology, criminal justice, and security research communities. We would like to acknowledge the support of all peer reviewers for their helpful comments on
draft papers and thank Dr. Katja Eman, Rok Hacin, Kaja Prislan, and Bernarda Tominc for their administrative support. We are also grateful to all the members of the programme and organising committees for their support in organising this significant scientific event. Last but not least, our
thanks go to the authors of the papers who made this publication possible.
Gorazd Meško & Branko Lobnikar
Editors
Following these case studies, the authors provide recommendations for improving police legitimacy and controlling crime, in these particular sociopolitical environments, where the police are often associated with previous military or paramilitary roles. The techniques used by these researchers may be applied to studies for policing in other regions, with potential applications within Europe and beyond. Chapters present topical issues of crime, crime control and human emotions regarding crime, criminals, law enforcement and punishment in contemporary societies.
This book will be of interest to researchers in criminology and criminal justice, as well as political science and public policy.
This book is highly recommended for anyone interested in procedural justice and legitimacy, encounters between citizens and the state, the effectiveness of governmental institutions, and democratic development. It stands alone in its broad, cross-national contributions to understanding these issues.
-Wesley G. Skogan, PhD, Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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