Gorazd Meško

Slovenian State Officials. Slovenian Citizens, and Refugees in Slovenia: How They Perceive Each Other

In September 1991, Slovenia faced the first wave of approximately 50,000 refugees from Croatia. The second wave of Bosnian refugees followed in the beginning of 1992. In total, there were approximately 170,000 refugees in Slovenia between 1992 and 1996. In 1994, the majority of Croatian refugees returned to Croatia, and after the Dayton agreement some 19,000 refugees from Bosnia and Herzegovina returned to their country of origin, as well. A smaller number of refugees from Kosovo came to Slovenia in 1998. Currently, there are approximately 7,000 refugees still in Slovenia, the majority of them from Bosnia and Herzegovina. In every country, the presence of the refugees induces a host of different issues, determined largely by attitudes and perceptions, both of the domestic population and the refugees themselves. In this paper, we would like to present some results of different studies on refugees-related attitudes and perceptions, which were conducted at the College of Police and Security Studies, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Migration Issues in Slovenia: Beyond the Rhetoric of University-Level Criminology and Crime Prevention Education for Sustainable Development

This chapter presents the historical development, issues, reasons, and consequences of the migration crisis in Slovenia and opens the discussion about what crime prevention education geared toward sustainable development is supposed to achieve and how academic teachers can help students in developing skills that might be needed in order to support a sustainable future in accordance with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4—ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all for the 2016–2030 period. It stresses the importance of education for achieving sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and nonviolence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity, as well as contributions to sustainable development.

Prisoners’ Perception of Legitimacy of the Prison Staff: A Qualitative Study in Slovene Prisons:

The purpose of this article is to explore prisoners’ perception of legitimacy of prison staff and examine the compliance of prisoners with the authority of prison staff to highlight the differences between instrumental and normative compliance of prisoners. This study draws on data collected from a random sample of 193 prisoners in all Slovene prisons. Using a qualitative approach based on structured interviews, our findings suggest that distributive justice, procedural justice, the quality of relations with prison staff, and the effectiveness of prison staff influence prisoners’ perception of legitimacy in a prison environment. Several prisoners comply with prison rules because they fear sanctions, which indicates their instrumental compliance, while normative compliance was reported by prisoners who perceived the legitimacy of prison staff in a more positive manner. Overall findings indicate that both instrumental and normative compliance of prisoners can be observed in Slovene prisons.

3. nacionalna konferenca o varnosti v lokalnih skupnostih: Varnost v lokalnih skupnostih – izsledki raziskovanja zaznav varnosti v Sloveniji : 28. november 2017, Novo mesto, Slovenija. Konferenčni zbornik

3rd National Conference on Local Safety and Security: Safety and Security in Local Communites – results of research on safety perceptions in Slovenia November 28th, 2017, Novo mesto, Slovenia. Conference Proceedings 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).Zbornik povzetkov predstavlja recenzirane prispevke, ki so bili predstavljeni na tretji nacionalni konferenci Varnost v lokalnih skupnostih v Novem mestu v novembru 2017. Glavna tema konference povzema glavne ugotovitve raziskave Varnost v lokalnih skupnostih, ki je bila opravljena v 24 slovenskih krajih spomladi 2017 v okviru raziskovalnega projekta Varnost v lokalnih skupnostih. Glavni cilj prispevkov je predlaganje uporabnih resitev za bolj ucinkovito zagotavljanje varnosti v lokalnih skupnostih (manjsih, srednjih in vecjih obcinah) v Sloveniji. Prispevki v zborniku se osredotocajo na razlicne vidike varnosti v lokalnih skupnostih in sicer zaznavanje varnosti in virov ogrožanja v lokalnih skupnostih (zaznavanje kriminalitete, virov ogrožanja, varnosti v urbanih soseskah, prisotnosti policije in socialne kohezije); pricakovanja, uspesnost in ucinkovitost zagotavljanja varnosti (zaznavanje in uspesnost policijskega dela v skupnosti, zaznavanje nalog vojske, migracij in obcutek ogroženosti uporabnikov kibernetskega prostora) ter prakse zagotavljanja varnosti v lokalnih skupnostih (pooblastila obcin, dobre prakse resevanja konkretnih varnostnih problemov na obmocju Policijske uprave Novo mesto in Murska Sobota in zaznavanje zagotavljanja varnosti v lokalnih skupnostih skozi razlicne deležnike).