Foreign tourists as homicide victims in Croatia: a routine activity approach

The safety of tourists is of great importance in tourism-oriented countries such as Croatia, and the most serious threat to tourists is homicide. This paper examines the factors that have led to the homicides of foreign tourists in Croatia. For this analysis, the routine activity theory approach and...

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Main Author: Mataković, Hrvoje (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: International e-journal of criminal sciences
Year: 2023, Volume: 18, Pages: 1-30
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