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Author: Simonas NIKARTAS
Topic category: Criminology
Article is devoted to an analysis of the influence of religion, as a factor of informal social control, in preventing crime as well as of the main forms and conditions of this influence. Preventive effect of religion is being analysed on three levels: religion as a social phenomenon, individual religiosity and targeted religious activities.
Author: Svetlana Justickaja, Aušra Gavėnaitė
Topic category: Criminology
The article gives an overview of the current situation of recidivism studies and researches in Lithuania. It also presents some insights for possible directions of national research development in future.
Author: Evaldas VISOCKAS
Topic category: Criminology
The article analyses trust and confidence in institutions of criminal justice system in Lithuania.
Author: Milda BURNYTĖ
Topic category: Criminology
This article examines the problem of low trust in political and legal institutions in Lithuania. In the context of European countries, Lithuania has one of the lowest rates of trust in political and legal institutions.
Author: Margarita DOBRYNINA
Topic category: Criminology
This article discusses one of the most relevant contemporary criminological problems – crime fear. The issue of crime fear emerged four decades ago and became of big importance to political, professional and public discourses.
Author: Vaidas Kalpokas
Topic category: Criminology
Rapid development of modern technologies and changes of social and everyday life are often discussed by social scholars including of those interested in legal and criminological reasearch. Schemes which are usual in a „real“ world often do not apply for the social relationships in virtual reality often referred to as „new social reality“. The article discusses different theoretical points of view and original concepts whether crimes in virtual reality are traditional or innovative.