THE URBAN SECURITY THROUGH THE PRISM OF THE CRIMINAL POLICY AND THE CRIME STATISTICS IN MACEDONIA
Journal
SECURITY DIALOGUES, International Peer Reviewed Journal
Date Issued
2019
Author(s)
Tupanceski, Nikola; Deanoska - Trendafilova, Aleksandra
Abstract
Abstract: The urban security is an issue of public interest and is of utmost importance given
the fact that the majority of the population lives in the urban areas and in our country it is considered that a great portion of the population spends most of the time living and/or working in
the capital of the country no matter the official place of living declared. Therefore, it is of great
significance to get knowledge about the crime trends in urban areas as well as to focus on the
representation of the property, violent and other specific types of crimes in order to get better
picture regarding the security in urban areas.
The authors first refer to the significance of the criminal policy and its main objective of
prevention and suppression of crime, especially in the cities. Furthermore, the institutions and
mechanisms for achievement of the latter are examined. Given the aforementioned, the study
consists of several parts: criminal policy for dealing with crime in urban areas and analysis of relevant legislation regarding the property and other selected is elaborated, second - determination of the crime trends according to several variables about the adult perpetrators and children
as an even more important issue to discuss and deal with and presentation of the municipalities
according to the number of persons convicted.
In the conclusion, the author’s state that a serious problem in urban areas is the property
crime and that, unfortunately, although the reported property crime is dominant in the whole
crime range, a majority of the cases remains unsolved and this situation threatens urban security even more. Another issue to be dealt with is the increasing violence among children.
the fact that the majority of the population lives in the urban areas and in our country it is considered that a great portion of the population spends most of the time living and/or working in
the capital of the country no matter the official place of living declared. Therefore, it is of great
significance to get knowledge about the crime trends in urban areas as well as to focus on the
representation of the property, violent and other specific types of crimes in order to get better
picture regarding the security in urban areas.
The authors first refer to the significance of the criminal policy and its main objective of
prevention and suppression of crime, especially in the cities. Furthermore, the institutions and
mechanisms for achievement of the latter are examined. Given the aforementioned, the study
consists of several parts: criminal policy for dealing with crime in urban areas and analysis of relevant legislation regarding the property and other selected is elaborated, second - determination of the crime trends according to several variables about the adult perpetrators and children
as an even more important issue to discuss and deal with and presentation of the municipalities
according to the number of persons convicted.
In the conclusion, the author’s state that a serious problem in urban areas is the property
crime and that, unfortunately, although the reported property crime is dominant in the whole
crime range, a majority of the cases remains unsolved and this situation threatens urban security even more. Another issue to be dealt with is the increasing violence among children.
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