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Victimization Experiences of GNR Military Officers in Portugal
Sat, September 14, 8:00 to 9:15am, Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest, Floor: 2nd floor, Room 3.06Abstract
This study focuses on an urgent and pertinent topic, being a theme that presents itself as highly worrying. We are talking about victimization of Guarda Nacional Republicana (Republican National Guard - GNR) military in Portugal. It pretends to describe experiences of victimization by the Portuguese GNR military officers, and their perception of (in)security in their urban areas of operation, as well about their (un)safety working conditions. The study had a sample of 92 GNR military officers, who answered to a questionnaire survey, developed by using a questionnaire that was purposely designed to question police officers about issues related to their work, including those relating to experiences of victimization (see Sani, & Nunes, 2013). Generally we aim to identify the prevalence of victimization through the experience and perception of GNR military officers during the performance of their duties. More specifically, we sought to: a) Identify the possible existence of a pattern of victimization; b) Capture the perception of the participants regarding the possible relationship between the victimization experienced and the levels of insecurity and crime in their area of work; c) Identify any association between the victimization experienced and the conditions/circumstances of occurrence; d) Identify any association between the victimization experienced and some sociodemographic characteristics. The results made it possible to identify around 34% of those military officers who had been victims while they developed their duties. Almost 60% considered that crime in this area has increased, particularly due to conditions that increase crime and violence, such as drug and alcohol abuse. These and other results allowed us to achieve the proposed objectives, and to infer practical measures to prevent the victimization of these security professionals.
Keywords: Military officers; Police victimization; Security; Crime and violence.