Criminal offenses in Sombor Police Administration practice

Abstract

Criminal act of robbery is incorporated in the Criminal Law of the Republic of Serbia by the Provision 206, Chapter XXI in the field of criminal act against property. It is a special type of property crime with elements of physical violence, in which force and threats are used as a means of committing a crime. Traditionally, the category of these offenses include multiple types of robberies, extortions and blackmails. The focus of this research is on the analysis of the complex phenomenology of robbery, which is in criminal practise dominantly seen in relation to other property crimes of physical violence. Specifically, the paper dominates the appearance of this crime and other phenomenological features in the criminal practice of the Sombor Police Department. By looking at the complex phenomenology of robbery, the crucial elements of a strategy for combating property crime with elements of violence are analyzed, as well as the key issue of selecting concrete measures and actions in police work.

Keywords

• robbery
• property offenses with elements of physical violence
• phenomenology
• the mode of execution
• pu sombor