Police and Security, Vol. 33 No. 2, 2024.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.59245/ps.33.2.4
Misdemeanours Against Public Order and Peace in the Area of Police Directorate KrapinskoZagorska in the Period from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2022 - Research Results
Lana Milivojević
; Veleučilište kriminalistike i javne sigurnosti, MUP RH, Hrvatska
Dejan Ćepić
; Policijska uprava krapinsko-zagorska, MUP RH, Hrvatska
Abstract
The paper presents the results of the research of offences against public order and peace in the area of the
Police Directorate Krapinsko-Zagorska for the period from 1st January 2020 until 31st December 2022,
which included 366 misdemeanours and 360 perpetrators from 281 fnal cases of that Police Directorate.
The most numerous misdemeanours in the Police Directorate Krapinsko-Zagorska are misdemeanours
from the Road Trafc Safety Act, while misdemeanours from the Act on Offences against Public Order
and Peace are mostly in third place after misdemeanours from the Protection from Domestic Violence
Act (that also applies for police stations, with the exception of specialized ones such as the Krapina
Trafc Police Station and the Macelj Border Police Station). Within the considered sample of 366
offences against public order and peace, the highest representation of the offences described in Art. 13
of the Act on Offences Against Public Order and Peace and the least committed offenses were from
Art. 28 and Art. 14 of that Act. Based on the analysis of the age and gender structure, it was determined
that men between the ages of 26 and 35 are the most frequent perpetrators of the type of offence under
consideration. In general, regardless of gender and age group, the most frequently committed offense
is described in Art. 13 of the Act on Offences Against Public Order and Peace. The consequences of
committed violations from Art. 13, Art. 6 and Art. 30 (by physical attack, fght, etc.) that occurred in
the form of caused physical injuries and the presence of alcohol and drugs as criminogenic factors
in the offender’s body at the time of committing the offence, are also discussed in this work. In court
decisions, the use of the institution of mitigation of punishment from Art. 37 of the Misdemeanour Act
is also discussed and according to the results of the research, it was applied in an almost statistically
negligible number.
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Publication date:
19.6.2024.
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