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"Psychology of the crowd during crisis situations - how is able to dispose with that one. (Law and psychological aspects.)"
ŠKOLKOVÁ, Věra
Use of scientific knowledge in crowd psychology is low-level presently. Even the individual branches of the Integrated Rescue System (IRS) do not use crowd psychology, in most cases, for dealing with crisis situations. The fundamental factor in understanding crowd psychology is the fact that crowd is a social aggregate and someone{\crq}s presence in a crowd gives rise to new qualities different from those of individuals present in a crowd. The rise of special qualities of a crowd is caused by the feeling of insurmountable power, psychic contagion and suggestibility of its members. The aim of this paper was, apart from others, to explode the myths about crowd qualities that are supported by numerous psychologists and authors of sociology textbooks. The assertion that a crowd is spontaneous, suggestible and emotional has been refuted by scientific research into a crowd and by logic thinking. Crisis situations often threaten human health and lives or, at least, property must be protected and the understanding of crowd psychology may facilitate the elimination of such consequences. That is why education is important, particularly in the branches of the IRS that deal with acute situations, whether it is a demonstration or a natural disaster. The objective should be the ability of each IRS member to become a ``leader of a crowd{\crq}q and to influence the crowd so that the situation could be dealt with wih the least possible impacts on human health and life or property. It is not sufficient to be aware of crowd psychology in light of its psychological aspects. It is important to learn about them in terms of its legal aspects that are inevitable for the present-day society and maintaining public law and order. A crowd that acts under the impression of anonymity must be made aware that this phenomenon is not so explicit any more and that each individual, howbeit part of a crowd, is legally punishable for their behaviour and acting.
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