Pregledni rad
https://doi.org/10.32984/gapzh.15.1.3
Homicide Research in Southeast Europe: An Analysis of Methodological and Practical Challenges With Preliminary Findings on the Phenomenology of Lethal Violence in Croatia
Anna-Maria Getoš Kalac
; Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
*
Reana Bezić
; Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
* Autor za dopisivanje.
Sažetak
The paper critically analyses the methodology and practical aspects of conducting criminological
homicide research in Southeast Europe. The analysis is based on two major studies of
(lethal) violence: (1) the Balkan Homicide Study – a prosecution and court casefile-based
study conducted between 2016 and 2019 in Croatia, Hungary, Kosovo, North Macedonia,
Romania, and Slovenia, on a total sample of 2,073 cases involving 2,416 offenders and 2,379
victims; and (2) the Croatian Violence Monitor – a court casefile-based study conducted
between 2021 and 2023 in four major Croatian cities (Zagreb, Split, Rijeka and Osijek). The
discussion covers key aspects of conceptualising, designing and utilising unique data collection
instruments, choice of sampling strategies, data representativeness, normative and statistical
context data, as well as practical aspects of empirical fieldwork and data analysis. The aim
is to transparently and critically analyse the main conceptual, methodological and practical
(dis)advantages of both studies as well as (lethal) violence research more generally. The said discussion is rounded up by presenting preliminary findings on the phenomenology of lethal
violence in Croatia based on data from the Croatian Violence Monitor. Thereby we
aim not only to contribute to a culturally much more aware criminology of (conducting)
homicide research, but also to provide for most recently available original empirical data
about the phenomenology of lethal violence. Ultimately, the analysed challenges will also
highlight specific regional opportunities for further empirical research in the Balkans with
proposals on how these might best be explored in future international and European comparative
research undertakings.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
318941
URI
Datum izdavanja:
11.7.2024.
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