Assaults on Police Officers: an Overview

Napadi na policijske službenike predstavljaju ozbiljan problem u suvremenim demokratskim državama i percipiraju se kao posredan napad na društveni poredak. Može se reći da u sva-kodnevnoj percepciji viktimizirani policijski službenici spadaju u skupinu tzv. zaboravljenih žrtava. Cilj ovog rada odnosi se na pregled aktualnih podataka o napadima na policijske slu-žbenike u svijetu, bitnim obilježjima tih napada i načinima suzbijanja te pojave. Osim fenome-nološke analize u nekim državama u inozemstvu i Hrvatskoj, daje se prikaz istraživanja ove pojave, s detaljnim prikazom provedenih istraživanja u Hrvatskoj. Zaključno se naglašava va-žnost adekvatnog tretiranja i navode područja mogućeg unapređenja u Hrvatskoj.Assaults on police officers are serious problem in contemporary countires since they are perceived as an indirect assault on the state order. It could be noted that, in everyday perception, victimized police officers are members of so called "forgoten victims\u27 group". The purpose oft his paper is to give an overview of contemporary knowledge on this subject, based both on international and Croatian data about important features of those assaults and methods for their prevention. Beside phenomenological picture, an overview of conducted researches is given with special emphasis on researches conducted in Croatia. Finally, the importance of adequate treatment of this problem is emphasized and some are-as of possible development in Croata are identified