Společnost v období transformace a strach z kriminality. (Czech)

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    • Alternate Title:
      Social Transition and the Fear of Crime. (English)
    • Subject Terms:
      GERMANY (East); GERMANY (West)
    • Abstract:
      Victim surveys and crime surveys measure the respondents' victimisation experiences, their fear of crime or feelings of insecurity, or their punitive attitudes. Findings of this kind are commonly used to gain a better understanding of the phenomenon of crime in its various dimensions. This is especially interesting with regard to the still ongoing processes of transition in the countries which formerly belonged to the Eastern Bloc. However, the question is whether these attitudes really are mainly crime-related or whether they are also (and perhaps to a much greater extent) problem-related in that the discussion of crime might in fact be an expression of quite different feelings of disapproval, frustration and anxiety emerging from a general sense of social and political upheaval. In other words, 'crime' might be cited, even though what is meant is 'alienation'. People may feel unsafe not only because of the crime they fear but also because of a more general social vulnerability due to deep-rooted impoverishing changes in their societies. This is now the situation in the former German Democratic Republic. Some findings from a crime survey conducted in eastern and western Germany are presented in order to study the relationship between certain characteristics of the social transition processes and the fear of crime. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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