PREVENCIJA STRAHA OD KRIMINALITETA U DUHU KONCEPTA LJUDSKE BEZBJEDNOSTI
PREVENTION OF FEAR FROM CRIMINALITY IN THE SPIRIT OF THE CONCEPT OF HUMAN SECURITY

Summary/Abstract: The focus of our observation is the problem of the ever-increasing fear of criminality in the general population, caused by various forms of threats from violence and criminality. The general promotion of criminal activities, terrorism, civil wars, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction that cause mass victims and sufferings, make crime more and more perceived as "mass risk" and fear of crime becomes a bigger problem than the crime itself. In accordance with such new circumstances, the modern world is changing traditional, military, security concepts focused on defending the boundaries from external threats. The new security paradigm in the 21st century is deepening from the state to non-state reference facilities. Thus concepts such as economic, social, ecological, political, human, collective and global security have been created, putting the individual at the center of events. Human security is an approach focused on people which have gained considerable attention in recent years. In particular, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in 1994. expanded the conceptualization of security and rehabilitated two fundamental freedoms of the United Nations Charter of 1945: "freedom of desire" and "freedom from fear". In the spirit of this previously recognized individual's right to "freedom from fear", we consider that fear of crime as a separate phenomenon, deserves to be scientifically researched and recognized. Preventive programs based on valid longitudinal, multidisciplinary studies of etiology and the consequences of fear of criminality can contribute to the realization of human right to safety, at least in one segment, in practice.

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