Report on the Security Situation in the Czech Republic in 1999
(in comparison with 1998)

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2.4. Victims of Crimes16)
2.4.1. Information on Victims of Crimes

To date, information on victims of crime in the Czech Republic has not been very systematic. The police statistics are still the only statistics available from the crime prevention authorities containing certain data on the victims of crime. These statistics talk in particular of “objects of assault”. The assaulted persons are divided between males, females and groups of persons.17) The police record age, tactical standpoint, social conditions and consequences of a crime.

The following table shows the number of victims taken from police statistics. In view of the aforementioned method of collecting data on victims, only minimum numbers of recorded victims of crimes can be inferred from these statistics.

Year 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Male 14,933 15,324 16,158 17,845 17,597 18,349 19,238 19,304 18,928 19,214
Female 9,859 9,675 13,235 15,067 15,353 16,930 18,226 15,605 16,410 16,103
Groups 1,983 2,320 2,309 2,521 3,087 3,197 3,058 3,011 2,112 2,132

Victimological research represent one way of obtaining a closer knowledge of the size of the population affected by crime.18) In comparison with 1998, there was a slight decrease in the proportion of citizens directly affected by crime - from 28 % to 19 % of interviewed persons19) (mostly it was just one offence, not repeated victimisation). The most frequently mentioned offences were larger thefts or wilful crimes against property, burglary, car theft and petty street larceny or pickpockets. The proportion probably corresponds to the data contained in the police statistics because citizens notify the police of the larger portion of committed crimes. The research indicates a recent significant shift in the behaviour of the population when three of four victims notified the police of the crime. The former research showed about half of the cases. Young people (up to 25 years) did not reported offences so often. The same applies to people with a lower social status. Half of the people who reported a crime to the police consider the police response to be fair and adequate in the situation. Only each eighth person of this group indicates a negative experience (unwilling or no response). The main reason why people do not report crimes is a doubt about the possibility to catch an offender, or they are not willing to undergo investigation, and only a few persons interviewed mentioned a shame or a low loss.

2. Crime, Development in Individual Kinds of Crime and Security Risks

2.1. Crime by Regions. Regional Variations
2.2. Misdemeanours
2.3. Offenders
2.3.1. The Crimes of Repeat Offenders
2.3.2. Crimes Committed by Foreigners
2.3.3. Crimes Committed on Youth and by Youth
2.3.4. Crimes Committed by Members of the Czech police, Czech Army, Employees of the Customs Administration and Members and Civilian Staff of the Czech Prison Service
2.4. Victims of Crimes
2.4.1. Information on Victims of Crimes
2.4.2. Information Gathered from the Research of Security Feeling and Attitude of People to Security Risks
2.5. Crimes against property
2.6. Economic Crime, Corruption
2.7. Crimes of Violence
2.8. Crimes against Human Dignity (Moral Crimes)
2.9. Breach of Public Order and Hooliganism, Street Crime
2.10. Crimes Committed on Railways
2.11. Crimes Having Extremist Nature
2.12. Protection of Official Secrets
2.13. Illegal Migration
2.14. Organised Crime
2.15. Terrorism
2.16. Illegal trade in Arms and Explosives
2.17. People Trafficking
2.18. Forgery
2.19. Drugs
2.20. Road Safety
2.21. Searches for Persons and Articles
2.22. Communist Crime Investigation

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