Acta academica karviniensia 2013, 13(4):68-78 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2013.064

PERCEPTION OF THE LEVEL OF CITIZENS' SENSE OF SECURITY IN KARVINA

Štefan Hečko¹, Petra Janečková², Vojtěch Malátek³, Radim Řihák⁴

¹ Slezská univerzita, Obchodně podnikatelská fakulta, Univerzitní nám. 1934/3, 733 40 Karviná, Email: hecko@opf.slu.cz

² Slezská univerzita, Obchodně podnikatelská fakulta, Univerzitní nám. 1934/3, 733 40 Karviná, Email: janeckova@opf.slu.cz

³ Slezská univerzita, Obchodně podnikatelská fakulta, Univerzitní nám. 1934/3, 733 40 Karviná, Email: malatek@opf.slu.cz

⁴ Slezská univerzita, Obchodně podnikatelská fakulta, Univerzitní nám. 1934/3, 733 40 Karviná, Email: rihak.r@seznam.cz

This article presents crucial results of realised sociological research "Perception of Sense of Security Degree of Karviná Citizens". The project was solved in cooperation with local government of city Karviná by Ph.D. students from Department of Social Sciences, Silesian University in Opava, School of Business Administration in Karviná under the expert tutelage of their supervisor. The article is divided into two chapters, the first chapter terminologically defines the issues of the subject and terms related to security and threats to citizens and enterprise. The second chapter discusses the methodology of realised questionnaire survey in the city of Karviná and it brings specific results and conclusions of the research. Subsequently accepted measures can help to increase the sense of security degree of the citizens in Karviná.

Keywords: Karviná, research, respondent, security, sense of security

JEL classification: H70, J10

Received: October 2, 2012; Accepted: September 11, 2013; Published: December 30, 2013  Show citation