Občutek ogroženosti pri starejših občanih

magistrsko delo

Tjaša Štefin (Author), Peter Umek (Mentor), Tinkara Pavšič Mrevlje (Co-mentor)

Abstract

Starejši občani spadajo v tisto skupino ljudi, ki se zaradi starosti in z njo povezano ranljivostjo, počutijo bolj ogroženo kot mlajša generacija. Po drugi strani statistični podatki kažejo, da niso najpogostejše žrtve kaznivih dejanj. Na občutek ogroženosti starejših občanov in na z njim povezan strah pred kriminaliteto vplivajo mnogi dejavniki, kot so demografske značilnosti (spol, starost, okolje, ekonomski položaj ipd.), mediji, viktimizacija ter socialno psihološke značilnosti posameznika. Strokovnjaki s področja raziskovanja strahu pred kriminaliteto niso enotni. Nekateri ugotavljajo, da je strah pred kriminaliteto pri starejših bolj prisoten kot pri mlajših prebivalcih, drugi menijo, da starost nima vpliva na občutek strahu, spet drugi so prepričani, da se starostniki celo manj bojijo kriminalitete kot mladi. Tudi glede vpliva dejavnikov obstajajo različna mnenja. Med njimi prevladuje prepričanje, da je starostnike bolj strah, ker so najbolj ranljivi in imajo najmanj sredstev za obvladovanje viktimizacije. Rezultati raziskave, ki je bila izvedena za potrebe magistrskega dela, so pokazali, da se anketirani starostniki ne počutijo ogroženo in so redko žrtve kaznivih dejanj. Na njihov strah pred kriminaliteto najbolj vpliva občutek ranljivosti. Najbolj se bojijo, da bi bili žrtve premoženjskih kaznivih dejanj in fizičnega napada. Bolj kot zaradi kriminalitete so zaskrbljeni zaradi zdravstvenih in denarnih težav. Strah jih je, da bi zboleli, da bi bili osamljeni in da bi bili drugim v breme. Da na občutek ogroženosti najbolj vpliva fizična, ekonomska in socialna ranljivost, meni tudi vodja policijskega okoliša s Policijske postaje Kamnik. Predstavnice Društva SOS telefon, Društva Lipa in Centra za socialno delo Kamnik so mnenja, da je socialna izoliranost največji problem, s katerim se soočajo starejši občani.

Keywords

starejši;starostniki;kriminaliteta;strah pred kriminaliteto;ogroženost;viktimizacija;magistrska dela;

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Language:	Slovenian
Year of publishing:	2014
Typology:	2.09 - Master's Thesis
Organization:	UM FVV - Faculty of Criminal Justice
Publisher:	T. Štefin]
UDC:	343.988-053.9(043.2)
COBISS:	2831082
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Secondary language:	English
Secondary abstract:	According to general belief, the elderly belong to the group of people that feel more threatened than younger generations due to old age and vulnerability. However, statistic data shows that the elderly are not the most frequent crime victims. There are many factors that influence the perception of a threat and its related fear of criminality such as demographic characteristics (sex, age, society, economic situation etc.), media, victimization and socio-psychological characteristics of each individual. The experts who study the fear of crime do not agree on the issue afore mentioned. Some of them believe that the elderly suffer from the fear of crime at a higher rate than the young whereas the others believe the exact opposite. Some experts believe that age has no influence on the feeling of fear at all. Furthermore, the opinion about the factors of feeling threatened also varies. One of the most common opinion is the belief that the elderly feel fear more often because they are more vulnerable and possess less means to control victimization. The research results show that the elderly do not feel threatened nor are they often victims of criminal offence. The fear of crime is mostly triggered by feeling vulnerable. What the elderly have in common is their highest concern of becoming victims of either property criminal offence or physical assault. Both, health and financial difficulties concern them more than crime itself as they do not want to feel lonely or become someone’s burden. The head of Kamnik Police Station believes that physical, economic and social vulnerability contribute most to feeling vulnerable. The representatives of Društvo SOS telefon, Društvo Lipa and Kamnik Social Work Centre believe that social isolation is the biggest problem the elderly deal with.
URN:	URN:SI:UM:
Type (COBISS):	Master's thesis/paper
Thesis comment:	Univ. v Mariboru, Fak. za varnostne vede, Ljubljana
Pages:	103 str.
ID:	8729891