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Analysis of Negative Political and Security Impacts of Asylum Seekers Hosting in the European Union Member States
Vargová, Martina ; Střítecký, Vít (advisor) ; Beneš, Jan (referee)
Diploma thesis Analysis of Negative Political and Security Impacts of Asylum Seekers Hosting in the European Union Member States reflects upon the increasing numbers of asylum seekers arriving at the shores of the European Union and therewith associated potential negative political and security impact of their hosting. The aim of the thesis is to assess whether any negative impact of asylum seekers hosting can be observed within three areas of concern identified as a) crime rate, b) terrorism rate and c) political tension between the host states and whether higher hosting performance of the member states produces a more negative impact. In order to fulfil the aim of the thesis, a quantitative ordinary least squares linear regression analysis followed by a qualitative approach is conducted. The analysis processes data on the number of asylum seekers arriving in each member state available via United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees database, the crime rate data available via Eurostat and the terrorism rate data available via Global Terrorism Database administered by University of Maryland. Two levels of analysis are present, a generalized level focusing on four categories of member states based on their per capita hosting performance and an individual level of analysis focusing on individual...
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Effects of quality of life in regions on crime rates
Líbal, Miroslav ; Cejp, Martin (advisor) ; Kopečný, Ondřej (referee)
The present thesis "Effects of Quality of Life in Regions on Crime Rates" utilizes objective measures acquired from "Scitani lidu, domu a bytu" census from year 2011 and is aimed at finding the connections between registered crime rates and social factors considered as a part of life conditions within the framework of mesostructural approach on microregional level. With reference to the Chicago school theory, Émile Durkheim and Mary Douglas' Cultural Theory it regards the Czech society and comes to the conclusion that the causes of criminality lie mainly in the individual's social milieu being locally disorganized. The social relations within this milieu are rooted in the instability of the family. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Analysis of impact of the 2013 presidential amnesty on crime rates
Krejsa, Jiří ; Potužák, Pavel (advisor) ; Babin, Jan (referee)
In this thesis I analyze the impact of the 2013 presidential amnesty on crime rate. Using difference-in-differences estimates I evaluate its impact on crime rates in Czech Republic in comparison with Slovak Republic. These estimates are based on a balanced panel of data from 58 months. Based on my specification of model I estimate that the average effect on rate of both larceny and burglary is an increase by 6.63 % and no statistically significant effect on violent crime. Therefore I was able to confirm my hypothesis that non-random selection of pardoned prisoners would result in selective impact on the crime rates. I also discuss possible sources of bias of my estimates.
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Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Crime on Property Prices in Prague
Šenfeld, Filip ; Komrska, Martin (advisor) ; Čermáková, Klára (referee)
This paper examines the impact of crime on the price of apartments in Prague via the method of hedonic prices. The main objective is to quantify this impact and evaluate how significant factor is the crime rate in the property market. Regression analysis brought paradoxical results. Regression parameters suggest, ceteris paribus, increase in prices of apartments depending on the increase in the index crime. Specifically, according to the regression parameter in the basic model, an increase in crime index by 1% increases housing prices by an average of 0.15 %. The inclusion of various types of crime into the model instead of the total crime and the use of instrumental variables extend the model for a more detailed analysis. The hypothesis of the negative impact of crime on the price of apartments is not on the basis of this analysis confirmed.
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Vliv věkové struktury na míru kriminalityv České republice
Pražský, Přemysl ; Dušek, Libor (advisor) ; Špecián, Petr (referee)
I establish 2 main hypotheses explaining the relationship of age structure and crime rate: Limited number of crime opportunities will lead to lower crime participation rates of strong age groups, second: crowding effects due to strong age groups will lead to less favorable social outcomes such as less legal income opportunities and therefore to the increase of crime participation rate. I evaluate these hypotheses on Czech criminal and demographic data during 1996-2013. By using Oaxaca decomposition approach I calculate the percent of crime rate change due to change of age structure to be 30%, I also identify sharp decline of crime activity of the typically most criminally active age groups. I run a DVLS regression and estimate that if the proportion of an age group increases, its crime participation rate on property crime also tends to increase.
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