Introduction criminality studies in the local administration: Analysis of the perception of security and victimization on the island of Eivissa 2021

Abstract

This study is carried out with a double purpose: on the one hand, educational, since it serves as an introduction to productive criminological research for students who are part of the Legal and Criminological Clinic of the Universitat Jaume I. On the other hand, at the research level it is useful for us. To assess and analyze the perception of security and victimization in cities with a large tourist influx, in this case we focus on one of the territories that are most visited at certain periods of the year, the island of Eivissa. On this island we observe how the crime data is among the highest at the national level, however, the floating population is one of the factors that we must consider. To this end, this study focuses solely on the population residing on the island and on the perception of safety and victimization. It is established as a continuation of the first survey carried out on the same population in 2016, likewise, it is intended to provide this survey with a certain periodicity to obtain information of interest and to complement the local security policies adopted.