The spatial characteristics of crime against the environment committed in Hungary

Abstract

This study examines the spatial characteristics of crimes that have been committed against nature and the environment. In Hungary, research in the domain of the geography of crime is truly rare, and the number of researchers who have dared to tackle the spatial properties of crimes against nature and the environment is even lower. The author's hypothesis is that correlation between certain crimes and socio-demographic characteristics can be established, so the spatial distribution of these crimes differs significantly. The temporal interval of the study includes the period between 2017 and 2021, and the data that was used comes from publicly available databases.