Potential of Criminological Research in Evaluation of Victim-focused Policy and Legislation in the Czech Republic

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/TEM1601025S" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/TEM1601025S</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/TEM1601025S" target="_blank" >10.2298/TEM1601025S</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Potential of Criminological Research in Evaluation of Victim-focused Policy and Legislation in the Czech Republic

Original language description

For effective victim-focused legislation, evidence-based knowledge is essential, thus making criminological research of great importance. Victimization surveys represent a globally recognized type of criminological investigation. Although they are primarily focused on measuring the dark figure of crime, they can also provide a broad spectrum of information on victimization-related issues. The latest victimization survey was carried out in the Czech Republic by the Institute of Criminology and Social Prevention in 2013. Through face to face interviews, victimization was explored through eight selected offences in the period of 12 months prior the survey. The representative sample included 3000 respondents 15 years of age and older. The next round is planned for 2017. Since 2013, a new Act no. 45/2013 Coll., on Victims of Crime has come into effect in the Czech Republic. This paper will discuss how victimization surveys can enrich the knowledge on victimization-related issues and how they can help in the evaluation of criminal policy.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AG - Legal sciences

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Temida

ISSN

1450-6637

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

vol. 19

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

RS - THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

Number of pages

16

Pages from-to

25-40

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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