Crime and Punishment in Serbia
A Country Profile
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6193041 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vesna Markovic (a Sam Houston State University , Box 2296, Huntsville, TX, 77341–2296 Phone: E-mail, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 349-364 |
| Publication date | 2009-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0192-4036 • E-ISSN: 2157-6475 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01924036.2009.9678812 |
| OpenAlex | W2003968104 |
| Language | EN |
The article profiles crime and punishment in Serbia. It notes that suspects in the country can only be arrested with a warrant yet the police can carry out detention in cases involving a crime scene or when a suspect needs to be prevented from fleeing. Several crime issues facing the region are examined which include human and drug trafficking. Statistics show that a total of 100,536 crimes have been reported in 2005 in which 2,945 involved juvenile offenders. Keywords: Human trafficking Language: en
Criminology · Political science · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Social Psychology · Water Resources and Governance
| Highly cited | No |
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