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Juvenile Delinquency in the Urban and Rural Areas of the Wielkopolska Region, Poland

KATARZYNA KULCZYŃSKA

KATARZYNA KULCZYŃSKA

Department of Social Geography, Adam Mickiewicz UniversityPoznań, Poland
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EMILIA BOGACKA

EMILIA BOGACKA

Department of Social Geography, Adam Mickiewicz UniversityPoznań, Poland
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AGNIESZKA BARCZYKOWSKA

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Department of Rehabilitation, Adam Mickiewicz UniversityPoznań, Poland
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MACIEJ MUSKAŁA

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Department of Rehabilitation, Adam Mickiewicz UniversityPoznań, Poland
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Jul 02, 2025
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Published Online: Jul 02, 2025
Page range: 121 - 135
Received: Jan 24, 2025
Accepted: May 06, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/quageo-2025-0020
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Fig. 1.

Cities and poviats of the Wielkopolska region in the year 2021.
Cities and poviats of the Wielkopolska region in the year 2021.

Fig. 2.

Juvenile crime intensity indicator in the Wielkopolska region in 2017 and 2021.
Juvenile crime intensity indicator in the Wielkopolska region in 2017 and 2021.

Fig. 3.

Average annual (2017-2021) level of juvenile crime in the Wielkopolska region.
Average annual (2017-2021) level of juvenile crime in the Wielkopolska region.

Fig. 4.

Contrast indicator values in the Wielkopolska region in the years 2017–2021.
Contrast indicator values in the Wielkopolska region in the years 2017–2021.

Fig. 5.

Dynamics indicator of the number of juvenile crimes in the Wielkopolska region (2017 = 100).
Dynamics indicator of the number of juvenile crimes in the Wielkopolska region (2017 = 100).

Fig. 6.

The juvenile crime intensity indicator by town size classes and rural areas in the Wielkopolska region in the years 2017–2021
The juvenile crime intensity indicator by town size classes and rural areas in the Wielkopolska region in the years 2017–2021

Juvenile crime sequence types in the urban and rural areas of the Wielkopolska region_

Type Urban Rural
HHH Chodzież, Gniezno, Piła, Kalisz city, Konin city Chodzież, Gostyń, Piła
HLH Kalisz, Międzychód, Wągrowiec Leszno, Turek
HHL Poznań city Gniezno, Grodzisk, Kępno, Koło, Kościan
HLL Leszno Międzychód, Ostrów Wielkopolski, Wolsztyn
LHH – Kalisz
LLH – Konin, Poznań
LHL Kępno Jarocin, Pleszew, Słupca, Środa Wielkopolska, Wągrowiec, złotów
LLL Czarnków-trzcianka, Gostyń, Grodzisk, Jarocin, Koło, Konin, Kościan, Krotoszyn, Nowy Tomyśl, Oborniki, Ostrów Wielkopolski, Ostrzeszów, Pleszew, Poznań, Rawicz, Słupca, Szamotuły, Środa Wielkopolska, Śrem, turek, Wolsztyn, Września, Złotów, leszno city Czarnków-Trzcianka, Krotoszyn, Nowy tomyśl, Oborniki, Ostrzeszów, Rawicz, Szamotuły, Śrem, Września

Number of crimes committed by minors in the Wielkopolska region in 2017–2021_

Type 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Criminal 1488 1247 1234 933 1052
Drug-related 964 1166 1787 1270 1209
Other 8 4 1 2 1
Total 2460 2417 3022 2205 2262
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