FIGHTING CRIMINALITY AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE RISK - BASED SOCIAL GROUPS
FIGHTING CRIMINALITY AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE RISK - BASED SOCIAL GROUPS

Summary/Abstract: The issue of criminality is currently one of the most dangerous phenomena and stringent concerns of the local authorities, both from legal and sociological perspectives. The criminality phenomena cover several forms, but a common feature is characterized by the fact that they impact over the broad individual groups. In this regard, from a social point of view, the actions of combating criminal phenomena is an aim very difficult to be achieved. The current paper focuses on identification of the risk-based social groups which could be involved in criminal activities or reintegrated in the criminal conduct. Equally, the paper tries to clarify the issues regarding the vulnerable personsʼ involvement is some specific categories of crimes or even serious crimes. Moreover, the main aim of the current paper is to discuss the manner in which the social services of support contribute to identifying these personsʼ issues and to diminishing the risk of developing criminality among the vulnerable social groups. In order to achieve the proposed goals, the main methodological tool was referred to analysing doctrinal references. They are organized within an ample doctrinal framework along with personal argumentative hypotheses and ideas, based on theoretical suppositions, in purpose to observe modalities in which the criminal phenomena could be controlled by the authorities when they are developed within risk-based social groups.

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