1st Edition
Mobilities, Social Change and Crime Lessons from Poland
This book presents a synthesis of selected trends in the dynamics and structure of crime in Poland over the past 30 years, in the context of ongoing social transformations in the wider region. The book explores the impact of the deep systemic transformation of the late 1980s and early 1990s on the phenomenon of crime, its structure and dynamics, and the policy of its control in the following decades. It also examines the impact of changes resulting from the dynamic development of Polish society in the 21st century in the context of global changes towards the emergence of a new form of collective life, a mobile information society based on modern technologies. The focus is primarily on those deviant behaviours that can most obviously be linked to social changes, primarily political, economic, legal, and technological. The work examines disclosed crime figures available in official statistics. It also looks to the future considering the global societal changes caused by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on preliminary observations made in selected countries, the authors describe associated changes in criminal behaviour and identify some pivotal developments that may influence future trends. The book will be of interest to academics and researchers working in the areas of criminal law, criminology, sociology and criminal policy.
Introduction; 1. Selected Theoretical Concepts on the Transformation of Modern Societies – from the Fall of Communism to the Era of Mobility. Changes in Poland in Comparison with the Countries of the Region; 2. Towards Universal Mobility – Changes in Crime between 1990 and 2020 based on the example of Poland; 3. What's Next? Crime in the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic; 4. Summary
Biography
Konrad Buczkowski is Assistant Professor at the Department of Criminology of the Institute of Legal Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Justice. His research interests focus primarily on economic crime from both dogmatic and empirical perspectives. He is a co-author of one of the first monographs on money laundering in Poland and one of the first empirical studies on economic crime in Poland. He is author of several dozen articles published in scientific journals. He is a member of the European Society of Criminology and a member of the board of directors of the Polish Society of Criminology named after Prof. Stanisław Batavia. He is also the secretary of the editorial board of "The Polish Bulletin of Criminology".
Paulina Wiktorska is Assistant Professor at the Department of Criminology of the Institute of Legal Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Justice. Her research interests focus primarily on criminal policy, sociology of law, methodology in legal sciences, penitentiary law, and domestic violence. She is author of several dozen articles published in scientific journals. She is a member of the European Society of Criminology and the Polish Society of Criminology named after Prof. Stanisław Batavia. She is also a member of the editorial board of "The Polish Bulletin of Criminology".
