Crime and its perception in urban environment

Jana Jíchová: Crime and its Perception in Urban Environment ABSTRACT Crime is an important social phenomenon that affects many aspects of the functioning of society and the life of every person. It also represents an important interdisciplinary topic that deals with a number of disciplines, including geography. Logically, there is a thematic and methodological overlap; each of the sciences emphasize on different aspects of crime, using various methods and research approaches, interpretations, and therefore contributes to the knowledge of crime differently. The importance of geography is particularly in the enrichment of the crime research on spatial dimension and contributes to its cognition through analysis of the distribution of crime and studies of perception of crime. Although this type of studies is well established in Western crime research, in the Czech geography is paid to them only little attention. This doctoral thesis introduces geography of crime in the Czech context, discusses its theoretical and methodological developments and its applicability and application in our cities.. More emphasis is put on the concept of fear of crime, which constitutes an essential component of feeling of safety affecting daily life, the use of urban space and spatial mobility of individuals. Better understanding of...Jana Jíchová: Kriminalita a její percepce v městském prostředí ABSTRAKT Kriminalita je důležitým společenským jevem, který ovlivňuje mnoho aspektů fungování společnosti i života každého člověka. Zároveň představuje významné interdisciplinární téma, kterému se věnuje řada oborů, včetně geografie. Logicky zde dochází k tematickým i metodickým přesahům; každá z věd klade důraz na odlišné aspekty kriminality, využívá jiných metod a výzkumných postupů, způsobů interpretace, a proto přispívá k poznání kriminality odlišně. Význam geografie spočívá zejména v obohacení výzkumu kriminality o prostorovou dimenzi, napomáhá k jejímu poznání prostřednictvím analýz rozmístění kriminality a studiemi percepce zločinu. Ačkoliv tento typ studií patří v zahraničních výzkumech k běžně využívaným, v české geografii je jim věnováno pouze málo pozornosti. Tato dizertační práce se zaměřuje na představení výzkumu geografie zločinu, přibližuje její teoretický a metodický vývoj a diskutuje její využitelnost a využití v českém kontextu. Větší důraz je v práci kladen na koncept strachu ze zločinu, který tvoří základní složku pocitu bezpečí ovlivňujícího každodenní život, využívání městského prostoru a prostorovou mobilitu jednotlivců. Právě lepší pochopení diferencovaného vnímání zločinu různými skupinami obyvatel či uživatelů a...Department of Social Geography and Regional Develop.Katedra sociální geografie a region. rozvojeFaculty of SciencePřírodovědecká fakult

“And Did He Come to Pick You Up?”: Parental Control as an Invisible Barrier to the Spatial Behaviour of Daughters in Distant University Cities

Research on perceptions of security has long focused on exploring fear for oneself, but fear for other person, so-called altruistic fear, which can contribute significantly to the overall perception of security, is equally important. Fear for others is also related to the need for surveillance and control over those for whom we worry. This article focuses on the importance of transferred, spatially absent parental control for the perception of fear for daughters who moved from a small municipality to a large, distant university city. Through semi-structured interviews with female first and second year college students, we examine how their feelings of safety and danger in the new environment transformed during their transition to university, how parents approached their leaving home and how they communicated with their daughters, and how the parents continued to supervise them despite the spatial divide. Our analysis shows the different forms that the relationship between parental control and their daughter’s fear can take, and how fear for oneself can be interwoven with fear for others.Research on perceptions of security has long focused on exploring fear for oneself, but fear for other person, so-called altruistic fear, which can contribute significantly to the overall perception of security, is equally important. Fear for others is also related to the need for surveillance and control over those for whom we worry. This article focuses on the importance of transferred, spatially absent parental control for the perception of fear for daughters who moved from a small municipality to a large, distant university city. Through semi-structured interviews with female first and second year college students, we examine how their feelings of safety and danger in the new environment transformed during their transition to university, how parents approached their leaving home and how they communicated with their daughters, and how the parents continued to supervise them despite the spatial divide. Our analysis shows the different forms that the relationship between parental control and their daughter’s fear can take, and how fear for oneself can be interwoven with fear for others

Perception of fear in Žižkov and Jarov

The main aim of this thesis is to discover how the inhabitants of Žižkov and Jarov perceive their place of residence in terms of the potentially risk places and safety. Following this aim the combination of qualitative and quantitative methods was used: questionnaire survey, interviews, statistical data analysis. The researches on fear of crime emphasize differentiation in the perception of fear by men and women and by various age groups, which is also reflected in this thesis. Further the focus is on identification of places which are often perceived as more hazardous and reasons which conduce to this perception. This research also tries to discover whether an overlap of places with higher incidence of crimes and localities which inhabitants perceive as the most hazardous exists. The thesis simultaneously brings closer the theme of fear and fear of crime, options to perceive living environment. The results proved that some localities, for example parks or deserted and deprived places, are perceived as hazardous. The research also pointed that women and some age groups strongly perceived the fear of crime and the overlap of places with higher incidence of crimes and localities perceived as dangerous exists. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org

Municipality Nučice in the course of the centuries

The project intends to outline the history of the municipality Nučice (district Prague -East) in the context of contemporary political and social development. The main objective is to describe the history of the municipality since its foundation up to this day on the background of general historical context. An output of the study will be a proposal for an educational trail running through the most interesting places of Nučice and its neighbourhood, and a booklet "The most interesting places in Nučice and its neighbourhood", informing the public in brief about the history of the municipality. Keywords Nučice, municipal history, Černokostelecko, red sandstone, associations, educational trai

Spatial and social aspects of dwelling of Frenchmen residing in Prague

Department of Social Geography and Regional Develop.Katedra sociální geografie a region. rozvojeFaculty of SciencePřírodovědecká fakult

Crime and its perception in urban environment

Jana Jíchová: Crime and its Perception in Urban Environment ABSTRACT Crime is an important social phenomenon that affects many aspects of the functioning of society and the life of every person. It also represents an important interdisciplinary topic that deals with a number of disciplines, including geography. Logically, there is a thematic and methodological overlap; each of the sciences emphasize on different aspects of crime, using various methods and research approaches, interpretations, and therefore contributes to the knowledge of crime differently. The importance of geography is particularly in the enrichment of the crime research on spatial dimension and contributes to its cognition through analysis of the distribution of crime and studies of perception of crime. Although this type of studies is well established in Western crime research, in the Czech geography is paid to them only little attention. This doctoral thesis introduces geography of crime in the Czech context, discusses its theoretical and methodological developments and its applicability and application in our cities.. More emphasis is put on the concept of fear of crime, which constitutes an essential component of feeling of safety affecting daily life, the use of urban space and spatial mobility of individuals. Better understanding of..

Ethical Aspects in the Work of Karel Čapek, esp. in the Dramas Bílá nemoc and Matka

The main topic of this thesis is the work of Karel Čapek in actual historical, political and social context with focus on the dramas The White Disease and The Mother. The aim of this paper is to decode the ethical aspects and the heritage to the moral values connected to the deterioration of the whole situation in democratic Europe in between the world wars inside Čapek's work. Keywords Karel Čapek, The Mother, The White Disease, apocryphas, stories, pragmatism, relativism, ethics, philosoph

Kriminalita ve městě

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Perception of fear in Žižkov and Jarov

The main aim of this thesis is to discover how the inhabitants of Žižkov and Jarov perceive their place of residence in terms of the potentially risk places and safety. Following this aim the combination of qualitative and quantitative methods was used: questionnaire survey, interviews, statistical data analysis. The researches on fear of crime emphasize differentiation in the perception of fear by men and women and by various age groups, which is also reflected in this thesis. Further the focus is on identification of places which are often perceived as more hazardous and reasons which conduce to this perception. This research also tries to discover whether an overlap of places with higher incidence of crimes and localities which inhabitants perceive as the most hazardous exists. The thesis simultaneously brings closer the theme of fear and fear of crime, options to perceive living environment. The results proved that some localities, for example parks or deserted and deprived places, are perceived as hazardous. The research also pointed that women and some age groups strongly perceived the fear of crime and the overlap of places with higher incidence of crimes and localities perceived as dangerous exists. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org

Kriminalita a její percepce ve vnitřním městě :případová studie pražského Žižkova a Jarova

The paper deals with residents’ perceptions of crime and safety using the example of two Prague inner city neighbourhoods - Žižkov and Jarov. Main focus is placed on the identification of crime hot spots and types of high-risk environments from the perspective of local residents. Attention is also paid to reasons that people associate with the existence of crime hot spots, and to a comparison of the perceived and real dangers of these places. The differences in the perceptions of various groups of residents are also noted. The paper thus continues a wider debate in scholarly literature discussing the impacts of demographic and environmental characteristics on perceived fear of crime.32934