Zakon o nujnih ukrepih za zagotavljanje javne varnosti, t. i. Šutarjev zakon, je interventni zakon, ki uvaja nujne ukrepe za krepitev javne varnosti in hkrati posega na več pravnih področij. V prispevku se osredotočamo na zaznave prvih učinkov zakona, ki

Authors

Gorazd Meško
University of Maribor, Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security
Katja Eman
University of Maribor, Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security
Rok Hacin
University of Maribor, Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2265-5422
Bernarda Tominc
University of Maribor, Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security
https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3973-5044

Synopsis

The Act on Emergency Measures to Ensure Public Safety, the so-called Šutar Act, is an intervention law that introduces urgent measures to strengthen public safety while also affecting several legal areas. The paper focuses on the Act's initial effects, which are not targeted exclusively at Roma, but at the population as a whole, as perceived by representatives of municipalities, social work centres and the Police. The findings of the analysis of interviews with 31 representatives of the aforementioned institutions revealed regional differences in addressing local, social, and security-related issues. The interviewees emphasised that repression alone is insufficient for managing security issues; rather, cooperation among various institutions and organisations is required. A comparison across institutions showed that mayors generally take a managerial-pragmatic perspective, police officers an operational-security perspective, and representatives of social work centres a social-protective and relational perspective on addressing Roma-related issues in local environments.

Author Biographies

Gorazd Meško, University of Maribor, Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security

Gorazd Meško is a Full Professor of Criminology at the Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor, and a lead researcher in the research programme Local Safety and Security – Comparison of Rural and Urban Environments.

Ljubljana, Slovenia. E-mial: gorazd.mesko@um.si

Katja Eman, University of Maribor, Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security

Ljubljana, Slovenia. E-mail: katja.eman@um.si

Rok Hacin, University of Maribor, Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security

Rok Hacin is an Associate Professor of Criminology at the Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor, and a researcher in the research programme Local Safety and Security – Comparison of Rural and Urban Environments.

Ljubljana, Slovenia. E-mail: rok.hacin@um.si

Bernarda Tominc, University of Maribor, Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security

Ljubljana, Slovenia. E-mail: bernarda.tominc@um.si

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Published

September 1, 2026

How to Cite

Meško, G., Eman, K., Hacin, R., & Tominc, B. (2026). Zakon o nujnih ukrepih za zagotavljanje javne varnosti, t. i. Šutarjev zakon, je interventni zakon, ki uvaja nujne ukrepe za krepitev javne varnosti in hkrati posega na več pravnih področij. V prispevku se osredotočamo na zaznave prvih učinkov zakona, ki . In G. Gorazd Meško, R. Hacin, & B. Tičar (Eds.), & (Ed.), 12. Nacionalna konferenca o varnosti v lokalnih skupnostih: Mir kot temelj varnosti in odpornosti v lokalnih skupnostih (Vols. 12., pp. 123-132). University of Maribor Press. https://doi.org/10.18690/um.fvv.4.2026.13