Przyczyny „romskiej” przestępczości

Abstract

The main question of the article is whether there exists a specific Roma criminality. In his study, which primarily answers the above mentioned question, the author examines the issue from the socio-cultural perspective, that is he considers “Roma” as bearers of a specific (i.e. Roma) culture and Roma criminality as a specific part of this culture, or more precisely, as a consequence of the contact of the bearers of this culture with the bearers of the culture of the majority (in this case Czech) society. In this sense, the paper represents a criticism of all the conceptions of Roma criminality based on a presumption that criminal behaviour is part of the Roma nature (“it is in their blood”). In this connection, the author makes an attempt to discover the causes of Roma criminality. At a general level, he identifies two types of these causes: 1) causes determined by a specific (i.e. Roma) cultural tradition and 2) causes resulting from the adaptation of the Roma (in a given sense) to the contemporary situation of the Czech society. The empirical data come from research conducted by the author and his fiancée in Roma settlements in Eastern Slovakia and in the so called “Roma ghettos” in the Czech Republic.

O śerutno pućhipen anda dava artìklo si val ekzistuinel val na jekh specifìko „rromani kriminalitèta”. Anda pesqëri analìza, savi jekhtikanes zumavel te del anglal o pućhipen so si and-i tìtulo, o avtòri nakhavel angl-i jakh daja tèma andar-i sociokulturàlo perspektìva. Javëre lavençar, ov dikhel and-o Rroma manuśen, so anen jekh specifìko (rromani) kultùra thaj rromani kriminalitèta, sär jekh specifìko kotor anda lenqëri kultùra. Butedër preciz vakǎrindor, sikavel so e Rromenqëri kriminàlo specifìka thàvdel katar-o kontàkto maśkär-o Rroma thaj manuśa save phiraven jekh gaʒikani kultùra (and-o konkrèto suro, i Ćexìtko kultùra). Kadale dikhanesθär, i kontribùcia si jekh bazikani kritìka sa e koncepcienqëri, save pakǎn aj pakǎven so i rromani kriminalitèta si jekh kotor and-e Rromenqëri natùra (isi so phenen „anda lenqëro rat”!). Kadale dikhanesθär, o avtòri zumavel te pućharel e Rromenqëre „kriminalitetaqëre” aśa. P-o generàlo nivèli, arakhel duj grùpe aśa: 1) aśa save si determinuime katar jekh specifìko (viz rromani) kulturàlo tradìcia & 2) aśa save thàvden katar-e Rromenqëri „integràcia” (varesär) and-o ćexìtko akanìtko dostipen. I empirìko dokumentàcia avel katar-o rodlǎripen, so kòrkorro kerdǎs o avtòri pesqëre manglǎrdǎça maśkär Rromenθe, save beśen and-e Disǔtne Slovakiaqëre rromane pere thaj vi and-o kadǎ-akharde „rromane gètovǎ” e Ćexitkone Republikaθe.