NCJ Number
130790
Journal
EuroCriminology Volume: 3 Dated: (1990) Pages: 147-157
Date Published
1990
Length
11 pages
Annotation
The article discusses crime and its causes, the problems of criminal responsibility, and citizens reactions to crime in Hungary.
Abstract
The author explores the idea that one of the basic factors of crime causation is social injustice. In a socialist country like Hungary, this connection is proved. In the post-war years when conditions were disordered, crime assumed unprecedented dimensions; the tendency began to decrease only after the social order had been stabilized. From the middle of the 1970's, economic development stopped, and a depression was created. The number of poor people has increased to 15 percent of the population, and the differences between the poor and the wealthy have increased as well thus setting up an atmosphere for increased crime. The article discusses the size of families, the role of material goods, and level of education in regards to the increasing number of juvenile offenders in Hungary. The lengthy discussion of the reaction of society to the increasing crime in Hungary concludes the article. Capital punishment is addressed as well as types and severity of punishments.