Policijsko delo v skupnosti in partnersko zagotavljanje varnosti v lokalnih skupnostih

Gorazd Meško, Ph.D., is a professor of criminology and head of the Chair of Criminology at the Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor. In 2014, he received the Zois Award for the field of social science – green criminology. In 2018, he was the president of the European Society of Criminology (ESC). Professor Meško is guest editor of Policing – An International Journal on Rural Police Activity (2024) and co-editor of the monograph on Rural Criminology – Continental Review (Bristol University Press, 2024). All co-authors of the present monograph were young researchers of Professor Gorazd Meško, Katja Eman (2008-2012), Maja Modic (2010-2013) and Rok Hacin (2014-2018).

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

Katja Eman, Ph.D., is an associate professor of criminology at the Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor. In the last decade, she participated in national and European research projects: Security and safety in local communities - Comparison of rural and urban environments (2019-2024), Legitimacy and legality of policing, criminal justice and execution of penal sanctions (2013-2016), Water crimes (2016-2017), SHINE - Sexual Harassment in Nightlife Entertainment spots (2020-2023). She is a co-author of articles and co-editor of publications. As part of the projects, she often studied topics related to police activity. In 2020, she received the Police's silver badge for cooperation and assistance in the work of the police.

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

Maja Modic, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of security studies at the Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor. In the last ten years, she has participated and continues to participate in national and international projects in the field of security in local communities, measuring the effectiveness, efficiency and quality of police work, police identification, system regulation of private security, system control of police work, plural police activities, and development of municipal police and detective activities. She is the author of scientific and professional works, and participates in conferences, consultations and round tables. She participated in several programme and organizational committees of national and international conferences. Since 2022, she is the editor of the English issues of the journal Varstvoslovje.

Ljubljana, Slovenia. E-mail: maja.modic@um.si

Rok Hacin, Ph.D., is an associate professor of criminology at the Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor. His research focuses on the legitimacy of criminal justice, police and policing, crime mapping, penal policy, and crime and penal statistics. In the area of police legitimacy and police activity, he co-authored scientific articles in national and foreign scientific journals (Policing, Revija za kriminalistiko in kriminologijo) as well as chapters and books in national and international publishing houses (Routledge, Springer, Univerzitetna založba Univerze v Mariboru). In 2020, he received the "ESC Young Criminologist Award" awarded by the European Society of Criminology.

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