CRIMINALITE VIOLENTE EN CONTEXTE URBAIN: A ATHENES - PRODUIT D' URBANISATION RAPIDE

Abstract

THE PHENOMENON OF VIOLENCE HAS BECOME VERY ACUTE IN THE URBAN AREAS WHERE THE RESTRICTION OF SPACE LEADS TO THE GENERALIZATION OF CONFLICTS. THE CITY ISN'T GENERATOR OF VIOLENCE BY ITSELF. IT BECOMES SO, DUE TO THE DISORDERED URBANIZATION. THE AGGLOMERATION OF ATHENS WHICH IS THE RESULT OF A RAPID URBANIZATION ASSOCIATES ALL KINDS OF SOCIAL PHENOMENA, INCLUDING CRIMINALITY. THIS IS THE REASON WHY IN ATHENS, THESE LAST YEARS, CRIMES OF VIOLENCE HAVE KNOWN AN ASCENDING, PARTICULARY HIGH EVOLUTION. AND THAT HAPPENED INDEPENDENTLY OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE CRIMINALITY AS A GLOBAL PHENOMENON. THE STRUCTURE OF THE AGGLOMERATION ALSO REFLECTS THE URBANIZATION PROCESS. AN OVERLOADED AND MULTI - FUNCTIONAL CENTER CONCENTRATES A GREAT NUMBER OF SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS AMONG A MOBIL AND HETEROGENEOUS CROWD. VIOLENCE PHENOMENA ARE DISTINCTLY ACCENTUATED IN THE INNER - CITY AREAS THAN IN THE RESIDENTIAL QUARTERS, SITUATED ON THE PERIPHERY.