"Criminological analysis recidivism: on the etiology, phenomenology and potencial prevention of reoffending"

U ovom radu izvršena je kriminološka analiza pojave recidivizma, a na samom početku rada definiran je pojam recidivizma i recidivista u širem i užem smislu. Objašnjena je metodologija koja se bazira na normativnoj i deskriptivnoj analizi kvantitativnih i kvalitativnih podataka, a rad sadržava i osvrt na polustrukturirani intervju s ekspertom Centra za dijagnostiku gospodinom Ivicom Luketićem. Cilj ovog rada je osvijestiti postojanje tamne brojke kriminala koja predstavlja svojevrsnu znanstvenu prepreku analizi recidivizma. Izvršena je fenomenološka analiza kretanja, dinamike i strukture recidivizma na temelju podataka Izvješća o stanju i radu kaznionica, zatvora i odgojnih zavoda za 2020. godinu i podatak Državnog zavoda za statistiku, a obuhvaćene su i zakonodavne izmjene koje su bitne pri tumačenju kretanja recidivizma. Etiološka analiza obuhvaća pregled rizičnih čimbenika, endogenih i egzogenih te je izložena polemika o utjecaju zatvorskih kazni na stope recidivizma. Rad se bavi i pitanjem prevencije, važnosti rehabilitacije, prevencijskim programima u Republici Hrvatskoj te nedostacima koji se u njima pojavljuju. Otvara se i pitanje poboljšanja prevencijskih programa, involvacije preventivnih čimbenika u postojeći sustav i eventualne svrhovitosti alternativnih oblika prevencije koji postoje u drugim europskim državama.In this thesis, a criminological analysis of the occurrence of recidivism was performed. At the very beginning of the paper, the concept of recidivism and recidivism in the broad and narrow sense was defined. The methodology is explained, which is based on a normative and descriptive analysis of quantitative and qualitative data. The thesis also contains a review of a semi-structured interview with the expert of the Diagnostic Center, Mr. Ivica Luketić. The goal of this thesis is to raise awareness of the existence of the dark crime figure, which represents a scientific obstacle to the analysis of recidivism. A phenomenological analysis of the movement, dynamics and structure of recidivism was carried out based on the data from the Report on the State and Work of Penitentiaries, Prisons and Correctional Institutions for 2020 and data from the National Bureau of Statistics. Legislative changes that are important when interpreting the trend of recidivism were also included. The etiological analysis includes an overview of risk factors, both endogenous and exogenous, and the controversy about the impact of prison sentences on recidivism rates is presented. The thesis also deals with the issue of prevention, the importance of rehabilitation, prevention programs in the Republic of Croatia and the shortcomings that appear in them. The issue of improving prevention programs, the involvement of preventive factors in the existing system, and the possible expediency of alternative forms of prevention that exist in other European countries is examined as well