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Some Characteristics of Larceny by Coercion in the Republic of Croatia and Police Routine

The criminal act of larceny by coercion does not take big part of total number of committed crimes and therefore it has not been largely researched. European countries have very similar legal solutions for that specific crime. The goal of this chapter is to find out the most important characteristics of larceny by coercion with special regard to measures done by the police to solve these deeds, and the period between the moment of executing larceny by coercion and reporting on it on one hand and the moment of identifying the perpetrator on the other. Two hypothesis have been established: 1) there is statistically significant correlation between the crime scene type and period of time for the police to learn about the crime ; 2) there is statistically significant correlation between time police learns about the crime and time needed to identify the perpetrator. The sample consists of 98 cases of larceny by coercion during years (2004 (N=61) and 2005 (N=36)commited in Zagreb area (Zagreb is the capital of Republic of Croatia). Instrument for following robberies and larceny by coercion, designed for one bigger project, has 82 variables. The data source was the police documentation. Data was analysed on unilateral level. In this paper the results were discussed focusing on the given hypothesis as well as Eck's hypothesis on ''triage'' and ''24 hours rule'', that is very well known in police experience.

Larceny by coercion; Police; Inquiry

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