Findings on the Alcohol and Drug Related Violence from Public Opinion Survey in the Czech Republic

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Findings on the Alcohol and Drug Related Violence
from Public Opinion Survey in the Czech Republic
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Survey

• 1100 respondents/10 million of inhabitants
• For survey focused on a regional level (12
  regions) the sample was extended to 1625
  respondents
• October to December 2005
• Questions were prepared by Czech Institute of
  Criminology and Social Prevention
• Survey done by agency Factum Invenio

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Opinion on crime causes

• Method list of 25 suggested criminogenic
  factors (causes) with the influence to crime
  development, respondents attached marks to each
  of them on 1 5 scale (1 very low influence,
  5 very high influence)
• RESULTS
• 1. Drugs - score 4,3
• No influence of age (the same score of
  youngsters (15 21) - 4,31, young adults (4,32)
  and seniors (4,32)
• 2. Violence in media score 4,09 It
  differs a lot according age
• 3. Alcohol abuse score 4, 05
• 6. Unemployment score 3,95
• 12. Immigration score 3,70
• 16. Crisis of a family score 3,59
• 18. Poverty score 3,44

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Perception of criminal risk groups

• Roma 43,2
• Immigrants 30,2
• Alcoholics, drugs addicts 26,3
• Then other
• Youth 13,5
• Recidivists 12,1

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Respondents estimation of the number of murders
a year

• The number of murders in 2004 227
• Yearly average last ten years - 262
• Estimations
• 12 - less than 29
• 24 - 30 99
• 21 - 100 199
• 15 - 200 299
• 19 - 300 and more
• more than 57 respondents estimated less
  murders than there was the actual number

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Preventive vs repressive approach
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What kind of preventive approach respondents
prefers

• Method selection of 5 from 25 suggested
  approaches (programmes). Below there is a
  percentage of respondents who mentioned such
  approach among required 5
• 1. Reduction of unemployment - 57,4
• 2. More police officers on the streets 44,7
• 4. Drugs abuse treatment 28,3
• 14. More prisons - 19,1

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Fear of crime

• Method 13 suggested most common crimes,
  respondents marked each crime on scale 1-6 (1
  I am totally not afraid of 6 I am very afraid
  of)
• 1. Burglary 3,92
• 2. Pick pocketing 3,80
• 5. Robbery 3,46
• 6. Assault 3, 44
• 10. Terrorist attack 2,52
• 11. Organized crime 2,49
• 12. Rape 2,35

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Victimization and probability of victimization -
violent crime

• Victimization in last 12 months
• YES - 3,1 respondents
• NO - 96,9 respondents
• Perceived probability of victimization
• Low probability - 38,3
• Medium probability - 57,1
• High probability - 4,6

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Victimization and probability of victimization
property crime

• Victimization in last 12 months
• YES - 18,8
• NO - 81,2
• Perceived probability of victimization
• Low probability - 28,6
• Medium probability - 60,6
• High probability - 10,9

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Regions - summary

• In all (but one) regions DRUGS are seen as number
  ONE crime cause
• In half regions ALCOHOL is perceived as number
  TWO cause
• In the other half of regions there is a mix of
  CORRUPTION and IMIGRATION
• Highest victimization Prague 4,8
• Lowest victimization Central Bohemia -0,8
• Most common (4,1 4,4)

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Victimization and perceived probability of
victimization according regions- violent crime
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Prevention Does Pay

• Thank you for your attention!!!
• Radim BURE
• Czech Ministry of Interior