The physical fitness of police officers needs to support good health and physical performance. Physical fitness comprises a considerable amount of training for police students who are to become police officers. However, to what degree police students are able to perceive their fitness level and differentiate between health-related and performance-related physical fitness is unknown. Therefore, the first aim of this study was to investigate the possibility of differentiation between health-related and performance-related physical fitness using physical self-concept and measured indicators of physical fitness. The second aim of this study was to investigate the association between components of physical self-concept and measured indicators of physical fitness of police students. The sample of 177 police students of both sexes (98 males and 79 females) completed a 40-item physical self-description questionnaire and their physical abilities were assessed for handgrip strength, standing long jump, 30 s sit-ups, and 12-min running. Principal component analysis established health-related and performance-related physical fitness from both perceived and measured physical fitness measures. Correlation analysis revealed a significant relationship between the perceived and measured physical fitness. Results suggest small to moderate ability to recognize the level of certain physical abilities, indicating the association between psychological mechanisms and biological functioning.

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The concept of community policing is based on constant consultations between the police and the local self-government and a complex system of preventative responses. A qualitative approach has been applied in a rural community based on the analysis of administrative documents from 2003 to 2011, direct observation and a survey examining the attitudes of 65 police officers who participated directly in the project implementation. The major findings include the existence of a centralized police model and traditional policing, the resistance of low and middle managers to change and the absence of continuous consultations between the police and local self-government.

A 22-year-old woman presented to the emergency room of a local hospital with pleuritic chest pain. She regularly worked out and admitted to taking performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs). Clinical findings and further diagnostic work up revealed a diagnosis of perimyocarditis, and adequate therapy was initiated. During the course of the first day, the patient had to be intubated and mechanically ventilated. A diagnosis of bilateral pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) due to an infection by rhinovirus spp was made. A smoking habit, the intense physical training and the use of PED's may have exacerbated the course of the viral pneumonia. After 12 days the patient could be extubated. The length of stay in the intensive care unit was 16 days. After hospital discharge, the patient went to a pulmonary rehabilitation facility for 2 weeks. The outcome was favourable and the patient resumed her strength and endurance training.

Kriminal maloletnika nesumnjivo i opravdano privlači veliku pažnju naučne i stručne javnosti, kako zbog nekih svojih osnovnih karakteristika, tako i zbog posledica koje može imati. Pored činjenice da je u pitanju populacija koju karakteriše nedovoljna psiho-fizička i socijalna zrelost, poseban značaj proučavanja maloletničke delinkvencije, proizlazi iz činjenice da je reč o najmlađim i najranjivijim članovima društva i da od načina na koji društvo reaguje na njihovo ponašanje u velikoj meri zavisi njihov dalji razvoj, kao i razvoj i budućnost celokupnog društva. Kako prevencija kriminala uopšte, a posebno prevencija kriminala maloletnika čini najvažniji segmet u suprotstavljanju kriminalu u jednom društvu, stvaranje realne slike o njegovim razmerama i osnovnim karakteristikama, isto kao i etiološkim faktorima čini polaznu osnovu za planiranje i organizovanje preventivnih intervencija i postupaka. Važna pretpostavka za adekvatno osmišljene preventivne aktivnosti svakako je utvrđivanje fenomenoloških karakteristika ovog ponašanja, a kako neki autori sasvim opravdano smatraju, uspeh preduzetih preventivnih aktivnosti u velikoj meri zavisi od kvaliteta i analize prikupljenih podataka o tom kriminalu. Nezaobilazan izvor ovih podataka su statističke evidencije koje vode različiti subjekti: od pravosudnih organa - policije, tužilaštva, sudova, preko evidencija službi socijalne zaštite, vaspitnoobrazovnih ustanova, pa sve do naučno-istraživačkih i visokoškolskih ustanova koje se bave proučavanjem ovog fenomena. U ovom radu su analizirani podaci o kriminalu maloletnika na teritoriji Republike Srbije dobijeni na osnovu evidencija Republičkog zavoda za statistiku. Analiza se odnosi na period od 10 god. i obuhvata podatke od 2010 do 2019. god. Cilj rada bio je da se analizom distribucije oblika ponašanja koja čine definiciju kriminala maloletnika dobije pouzdana slika o njegovim najvažnijim fenomenološkim karakteristikama, njegovoj učestalosti, strukturi po polu, vrsti krivičnog dela i dr. kao i njihovim promenama u toku posmatranog perioda.