The quantitative analysis of the temporal and spatial distribution in cases of motor vehicle theft in Belgrade

Abstract

This paper presents the results of the quantitative analysis of the temporal and spatial distribution in cases of motor vehicle theft in the City of Belgrade in two observed periods: from 1995 to 2012 and from 2001 to 2011. The results were achieved using the method of content analysis, comparative methods, and statistical analysis of large-scale data on motor vehicle thefts in the Republic of Serbia and in the City of Belgrade, contained in the documents of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Serbia. The ongoing debates about the vehicle theft's qualification in the Criminal Code as well as a qualitative analysis (manufacturer, type, age, colour, value, and other characteristics) of stolen vehicles will be the subject of another paper. Instead, some terminological quandaries of the conceptual and category apparatus used in criminology, criminal justice and especially in scientific research in the cases of motor vehicle theft were clarified.

U radu su prikazani rezultati kvantitativne analize vremenske i prostorne distrubucije krađa motornih vozila na području grada Beograda u periodu od 1995. do 2012. godine, odnosno u periodu od 2001. do 2011. godine. Do rezultata se došlo primenom metode analize sadržaja, komparativnom metodom i statističkom obradom obimnih podataka o krađama vozila u Republici Srbiji i na području grada Beograda koji su sadržani u dokumentima Ministarstva unutrašnjih poslova Republike Srbije. Aktuelne polemike o krivičnopravnom kvalifikovanju krađa vozila, kao i kvalitativna analiza (proizvođač, tip, starost, boja, vrednost i druga obeležja) ukradenih vozila biće predmet drugog rada. Umesto toga, razjašnjene su terminološke dileme pojmovno-kategorijalnog aparata koji se koristi u kriminalističkom, krivičnopravnom, a pre svega u naučnom istraživanju krađa motornih vozila.