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THE IMPACT OF CRIME ON SOCIETY IN THE CURRENT SOCIO-ECONOMIC ROMANIAN CONTEXT
THE IMPACT OF CRIME ON SOCIETY IN THE CURRENT SOCIO-ECONOMIC ROMANIAN CONTEXT

Author(s): Adrian Nicolescu
Subject(s): Criminology, Penology, Victimology
Published by: Research and Science Today
Keywords: CRIME; KEY INSTITUTIONS; DETERMINANT FACTORS; SOCIAL ORDER;

Summary/Abstract: CURRENTLY, WE CAN EASILY SEE THAT THE PHENOMENON OF CRIME IS MANIFESTING BOTH IN DEVELOPING OR UNDEVELOPED COUNTRIES AS WELL AS IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SITUATION OF THE SOCIETY AS A WHOLE. IN ORDER TO COMBAT CRIME, EFFORTS ARE BEING MADE BY ALL THE ACTORS INVOLVED, AND THE EFFORTS ARE OUTLINED, IN PRINCIPLE, AT THE LEGISLATIVE LEVEL BY ELABORATING AND UPDATING THE NORMATIVE ACTS CONCERNING THIS FIELD AND, NOT LASTLY, BY MODERNIZING THE TECHNIQUES FOR PREVENTING THESE ILLICIT ACTIVITIES, WHICH HARM ALL SOCIAL VALUES PROTECTED BY LAW. IN THIS CONTEXT, WE ARE WITNESSING AN ACCELERATION OF THE PROCESS OF GLOBALIZATION THAT INVOLVES AN EXPANSION OF THE COMMUNICATION NETWORKS, THE INCREASE OF INSECURITY ON ALL LEVELS, THE PROLIFERATION OF CONFLICTS OF ANY KIND, AND ALL THESE WILL GIVE RISE TO THE RAPID INCREASE OF THE PHENOMENON OF CRIME, ESPECIALLY WITH AN ORGANIZED, DIVERSIFIED AND CROSS-BORDER CHARACTER. IT MUST BE KNOWN THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO INCREASE THE DEGREE OF KNOWLEDGE REGARDING THE EVOLUTION AND IMPACT OF CRIME ON SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ON TODAY'S SOCIETY BY USING LEGAL AND TECHNICAL TOOLS TO COMBAT THIS RATHER COMPLEX PHENOMENON, BEING A CERTAIN FACT THAT AMONG THE IMPORTANT FACTORS THAT AMPLIFY THIS PHENOMENON ARE SOCIAL EXCLUSION, POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT.

  • Issue Year: 19/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 79-86
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English