The specifics of the relationship between age and drug crime viewed through a criminal career concept

Abstract

Kriminalitet povezan s ilegalnim drogama odavno je predmetom različitih vrsta istraživanja - ponajprije usmjerenih na iznalaženje mogućnosti za njegovu prevenciju. Jedan od koncepata kroz koji se može promatrati ova povezanost jest i koncept kriminalne karijere. Ovaj se rad bavi povezanošću dobi i činjenja kaznenih djela povezanih s ilegalnim drogama kroz koncept kriminalne karijere. Glavni rezultati pokazuju kako ispitanici najčešće čine kazneno djelo krađe s ciljem pribavljanja sredstava za kupovanje ilegalnih droga te kako sudionici pod utjecajem droge najčešće čine kaznena djela krađe, odnosno razbojništva, neovisno o promatranoj dobi. U radu se nadalje prikazuje i povezanost drugih aspekata povezanosti kriminaliteta droga i određenih dobnih skupina, što je od važnosti prilikom izučavanja ovoga fenomena u svrhu prevencije, ali i penološkog tretmana počinitelja spomenutih kaznenih djela.Drug-related crime has long been the subject of various types of research, primarily aimed at finding ways to prevent it. One of the concepts through which this connection can be viewed is the criminal career concept. This paper aimed to explore the relationship between age and the commission of criminal offences related to illegal drugs through the concept of a criminal career. The main results show that respondents most often commit theft in order to obtain funds for purchasing illegal drugs, and most often commit crimes of theft or robbery under the influence of illegal drugs, regardless of age. The paper also explores the connection between other aspects of the correlation between drug crime and certain age groups, which is essential for studying this phenomenon to prevent and rehabilitate the perpetrators of these crimes

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