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Partnership for crime prevention in Budapest - HU

Introduction

The document describes the needs for local crime prevention with the help of so called „city guards” (városőr). They are employed by the local government but not policemen.

Description

The document deals with the current situation of crime in the Hungarian capital, Budapest. It describes the local government’s tasks in social crime prevention and what police can do in this field (e.g. housing estate’s police, city police).

It would be wise to form a half-authority called city guard. Its members would be payed by the local government, but they wouldn’t be members of police (just like in Poland). These guards would be only responsible for local safety.

Contact info

National Institute for Criminology
Klára Kerezsi (researcher), tel. +36 1 3567566

Publication date

//2005

Article info
Author: Klára Kerezsi
Organisation: National Institute for Criminology

Links

Visit the National Institute for Criminology website

Download the 'Partnership for crime prevention in Budapest' Report (PDF, Hun, 265 KB)

Document type

policy

Themes

Urban Policy > Security & crime prevention > Tackling crime

Keywords

Enforcement & civil intervention