Urbanisation as a Factor Which Influences the Increased Level of Crime and Victimisation of the Population
Urbanisation as a Factor Which Influences the Increased Level of Crime and Victimisation of the Population

Summary/Abstract: The characteristic features of urban social relations, processes and connections,including urban crime, are projected on the most significant segments of the population. Crimehas historically formed as an urban phenomenon, and with the development of social ties,it turns into a general social phenomenon. Urbanisation acts as a factor of criminalisation and,consequently, the process of victimisation of the population is expanded. The city acts as a ‘socialmagnet’, attracting urban and rural migrants, thereby ‘excluding’ the most active social groupsin remote areas. In turn, this contributes to the distortion of the social composition of thepopulation and the demographic situation, causing a gradual cultural degradation of the ruralway of life. In addition, the city attracts the criminally active part of the population from ruralareas. All these aspects constituted the research topic reflected in this paper

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