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Criminality and Criminal Justice in Contemporary Poland
This book offers an exhaustive and original look at the phenomenon of criminality as part of the political and social reality in Poland, the largest country in Central Europe, whose political post-war path has been similar to that of other countries in this region. The book fills a gap in the English-language criminological literature on the causes and determinants of criminality in Central Europe, and presents the views of criminologists from Central Europe in the debate over state policy on the problems of criminality and how to control it.
Criminality and Criminal Justice in Contemporary Poland
Criminality has accompanied social life from the outset. It has appeared at every stage of the development of every community, regardless of organisation, form of government or period in history. This work presents the views of criminologists from Central Europe on the phenomenon of criminality as a component of social and political reality. Despite the far advanced homogenisation of culture and the coming together of the countries that make up the European Union, criminality is not easily captured by statistics and simple comparisons. There can be huge variation not only on crime reporting systems and information on convicts but also on definitions of the same crimes and their formulations ...
Mobilities, Social Change and Crime
This book presents a synthesis of selected trends in the dynamics and structure of crime in Poland over the past 30 years, in the context of ongoing social transformations in the wider region. The book explores the impact of the deep systemic transformation of the late 1980s and early 1990s on the phenomenon of crime, its structure and dynamics, and the policy of its control in the following decades. It also examines the impact of changes resulting from the dynamic development of Polish society in the 21st century in the context of global changes towards the emergence of a new form of collective life, a mobile information society based on modern technologies. The focus is primarily on those ...
Criminal Careers
Criminal Careers follows the lives and criminal behaviours of 2,397 people in Poland who as juveniles committed a crime and received a form of punishment from the juvenile court between the late 1980s and the year 2000. Through combining quantitative and qualitative research, their criminal careers, the differences between men and women, risk factors, and reasons for nondesistance are analysed. Uniquely, the authors have used an extensive database of former juveniles, in which as many as 40% were women. This book therefore makes a comparison between women and men in terms of their future life paths. Additionally, the researched group consisted of teenagers from two different periods: the 198...
Combatting Illicit Trade on the EU Border
This open access book provides the first-ever comparative study on criminal policy concerning the illicit trade of tobacco, conducted among four comparatively new EU Member States (Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Romania) and two "old" EU countries (Germany and Italy). The book addresses the national legal frameworks, current criminological situation regarding illicit trade of tobacco, and the practical challenges faced by national law enforcement authorities in the countries examined. It also considers the international framework, and concludes with a horizontal report. The objective of the book is to highlight legislative and practical challenges in the fight against illegal tobacco products at the national and transnational level, and to formulate recommendations for overcoming them more effectively in Europe.--
Crime and Transition in Central and Eastern Europe
Full-scale political change affects every level of a society, but perhaps nowhere as strikingly as in the areas of crime policy and law enforcement. Over the past two decades, the European nations that have moved from totalitarianism toward democracy have come to embody this trend, yet reliable sources on crime and law enforcement in these countries have not been readily accessible to the West. Representing viewpoints seldom available to outsiders, the contributors to Crime and Transition in Central and Eastern Europe analyze changes in criminal activities and crime control strategies in the region, explain the political background underlying these developments, and assess their long-term so...
Trust and Legitimacy in Criminal Justice
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 oth...
Po co nam kryminologia?
We Wstępie redaktorzy napisali: „Tytuł książki […] nie jest przypadkowy. Pytanie o sens i istotę badań kryminologicznych nieustająco towarzyszy Profesor Irenie Rzeplińskiej w Jej pracy naukowo-badawczej i edukacyjnej. Jako uczniowie, współpracownicy i przyjaciele Pani Profesor słyszeliśmy je nieraz – zadawane podczas zebrań Zakładu Kryminologii I NP PAN, zmuszające nas wielokrotnie do próby udzielenia na nie odpowiedzi, a także do zastanowienia się, jaki jest cel prowadzonych przez nas badań empirycznych czy rozważań teoretycznych, tj. do czego powinny nas one doprowadzić. Zbiór tekstów zamieszczonych w książce świadczy o tym, że wiele osób fascynujących się kryminologią również nurtuje pytanie o sens pracy naukowo-badawczej. Zebrane artykuły dostarczają interesujących odpowiedzi na to – na pozór – proste pytanie. Mamy nadzieję, że niniejsza książka wpisze się w kanon literatury kryminologicznej i pomoże czytelnikom otworzyć nowe horyzonty myślenia o przestępczości, jej zapobieganiu i kontrolowaniu.”
The Astronomical Clock of Strasbourg Cathedral
Strasbourg Cathedral’s astronomical clock is one of the most famous monuments to Time in the world. No other clock has been described and appreciated so often and in such a myriad of ways. There were three clocks built consecutively within the cathedral: the earlier fourteenth century clock has left little trace; a second clock was realized in 1570-1574; while the nineteenth century clock began as a proposal for repairs, but was intended by its maker as a replacement clock. This book gives a detailed outline of the artistic and technical components of the second clock, much of which survives, and it describes the astronomical indications and its underlying conceptual framework. The author ...
Toronto's Many Faces
This is the only guide to Toronto's multicultural character, featuring profiles of more than sixty ethnic communities, including local histories, food, and art. Monuments, museums, and restaurants are identified, while maps and photographs of festival events help bring the city's varied communities to life.
