NEXUS AMONG UNEMPLOYMENT, POVERTY AND CRIME IN SLOVAKIA

The deepening of social differences can be an incentive for wide-spectrum crime. First the pandemic, then the war conflict in Ukraine and the energy crisis with effects on inflation rate resulted in many residents facing existential problems that change their behavior. These, in the worst case, can result in the commission of crime. Therehore the main aim of the article will be to evaluate the relation between crime, unemployment and poverty in conditions of Slovak republic. A partial aim will be to find out whether long-term unemployed people contribute more to the commission of crime, and whether the level of education achieved by the unemployed has an impact on the commission of individual types of criminal acts.