Police and Security, Vol. 20 No. 3, 2011.
Review article
Assaults on Police Officers: an Overview
Irma Kovčo Vukadin
; Edukacijsko-rehabilitacijski fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
Assaults on police officers are serious problem in contemporary countires since they are perceived as an indirect assault on the state order. It could be noted that, in everyday perception, victimized police officers are members of so called "forgoten victims' group". The purpose oft his paper is to give an overview of contemporary knowledge on this subject, based both on international and Croatian data about important features of those assaults and methods for their prevention. Beside phenomenological picture, an overview of conducted researches is given with special emphasis on researches conducted in Croatia. Finally, the importance of adequate treatment of this problem is emphasized and some are-as of possible development in Croata are identified.
Keywords
assaults on police officers; incidence; phenomenology; researches; solutions
Hrčak ID:
78896
URI
Publication date:
17.1.2012.
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