Katja Eman

Situational Crime-Prevention Measures to Environmental Threats

Crimes against nature are far-reaching, dangerous and complex. Therefore, efforts to detect and deter environmental crimes should be effective. The purpose of this chapter is a presentation of possible forms of Clark’s model of situational crime-prevention techniques in the field of environmental crime. The proposals are based on the analysis results of the review of detected environmental threats in Slovenia and the consequences that arise in this connection.

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.

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).

Legitimacy of Policing in Central and Eastern Europe: Results from a Cross-National Law Student Survey

“The legitimacy of legal authorities—particularly the police—is central to the state’s ability to function in a normatively justifiable and effective manner.” In other words, legitimacy is seen as a central concept in procedural justice theory and is described as a multidimensional phenomenon consisting of different elements (i.e., rules, appropriate beliefs, relevant actions, etc.). The crucial fact is that the presence of these elements in society is necessary because only in these conditions people believe in the legitimacy of power of any kind of authority, particularly that of the police as the most evident facet of the criminal justice system. This chapter presents the main findings from a cross-national survey of law students relating to legitimacy of policing and criminal justice in seven Central and Eastern European countries which was conducted in 2013. The results imply significance of legitimacy and trust in police and criminal justice, and in addition, similar findings on the effect of procedural justice, police effectiveness, and authority on legitimacy were found. These results resemble those from studies conducted in Western Europe and USA. The results imply that legitimacy and trust in the police are related to democratization of the countries where attitudes towards the most visible state institution—the police—were studied. Nevertheless, the majority of results imply a negative attitude of the respondents towards the police. Significant differences among the studied countries exist while some factors that correlate with legitimacy are the same. Nevertheless, despite different developments on police reforms in the studied countries, all police forces should strive to improve their effectiveness, procedural justice, authority, and distributive justice. It is important to do so, because the respondents were students of law who will be future legal professionals, as well as in the fields of law enforcement and criminal justice.