JOURNAL OF SECURITY AND CRIMINAL SCIENCES • Vol. 1, No. 1 (2019) 25 UNIVERSITY OF BANJA LUKA - FACULTY OF SECURITY STUDIES SECURITY MEASURES ORIENTED TOWARD THE PERPETRATORS OF VIOLENT CRIMES IN THE REPUBLIKA SRPSKA Review Paper Žana Vrućinić 1 Faculty of Security Studies, University of Banja Luka Dragana Vasiljević Faculty of Security Studies, University of Banja Luka Abstract: Violence, as a destructive form of behavior, has always been present in interactive relationships. Legislation defines certain forms of its manifestation as offenses and provides for appropriate criminal sanctions. The Criminal Code of Republika Srpska retained the solutions from the Law on Amendments and Supplements to the 2013 Criminal Code of Republika Srpska, when certain novelties were introduced regarding criminal legal responses to violent crimes. This paper addresses personality traits in individuals who commit violent crimes, as well as security measures oriented toward the perpetrators of violent crimes in the criminal legislation of Republika Srpska. Keywords: violence, offense, perpetrator, security measures. GENERAL REMARKS ON VIOLENT CRIMES AND SECURITY MEASURES Violence, be it organized or random, continuous or occasional, intense or uncontrollable, always harms or destroys the object at which it is aimed or is attempting to do so (Bartol & Bartol, 2005: 241). It is a phenomenon difficult to explain. The difficulties in defining crimes of violence arise from the fact that they can be comprehensively understood, thus viewpoints that every crime represents a form of violence may be accepted. Levi and Maguire (Levi & Maguire, 2000) argue that it is a “slippery” term covering a very wide range of activities ranging from terrorist attacks, gangs, street robberies to domestic violence between spouses, which again may range from murder and rape to insults causing psychological injuries (Levi & Magiure, 2002: 796). It 1 Corresponding author: Žana Vrućinić, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Security Studies, University of Banja Luka. E-mail: zana.vrucinic@fbn.unibl.org DOI 10.7251/ZBKEN1901027V COBISS.RS-ID 8274200 UDK 343.13:343.211.3]:351.74(497.6РС)