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Przestrzenne zróżnicowanie zagrożenia przestępczością w Polsce
Spatial diversity of crime rate in Poland

Author(s): Kinga Kądziołka
Subject(s): Criminal Law, Sociology of Law
Published by: Uniwersytet Przyrodniczo-Humanistyczny w Siedlcach
Keywords: crime rate; structure of crime; dynamics of crime; Ward’s method; measurement of crime

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to analyze spatial variation, structure and dynamic of crime rate in Poland. There was presented changes in the structure and dynamic of crime rate in Poland. To identify groups of poviats similar in terms of the intensity of selected categories of crimes there was used Ward’s method. Special attention was paid to the problems associated with the measurement of crime.

  • Issue Year: 2/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 31-43
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish