The main purpose of the paper is to define and distinguish the concepts of community, citizen self-protection, and vigilantism. Involving the residents or community in the provision of safety is one of the fundamentals of democracy; however, it can cross a limit when instead of self-protection, we shift to the vigilantism. Even though vigilantism presents a problem for both civil society and the state, it seems that it too often slips past the theoretical and empirical studies. The reasons for this can be found in conceptual confusion and various views on vigilantism, as well as in the usual short-term activities of vigilantes – challenging to monitor and analyse as such.
Približno polovica svetovnega prebivalstva prebiva v ruralnih okoljih, pa vendar se študije večinoma osredotočajo na proučevanje policijske dejavnosti v urbanih okoljih. Narava izvajanja policijskega dela v skupnosti bi morala biti v veliki meri vezana prav na specifične značilnosti skupnosti, zato nas zanima, kaj kažejo študije, osredotočene na policijsko delo v skupnosti v ruralnem okolju. Analiza raziskovalnih člankov pokaže, da jih lahko po tematiki uvrstimo v štiri skupine: mnenja prebivalcev o policiji, narava policijskega dela v skupnosti, odnos med policijskim delom v skupnosti in stopnjo kriminalitete, način opravljanja in izzivi policijskega dela v skupnosti. Ugotovitve kažejo, da je policijsko delo v skupnosti v ruralnem okolju po eni strani velik izziv zaradi kadrovske podhranjenosti, nedostopnosti terena in centralizacije policije, po drugi pa ključni element prevencije in odkrivanja kriminalitete. Narava policijskega dela v skupnosti je v ruralnih okoljih drugačna kot v urbanih, ruralni policist pa mora imeti drugačne lastnosti in obvladovati drugačne veščine kot njegov urbani kolega.
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