Anti-epidemic measures for protection against COVID-19 in institutions for execution of criminal sanctions

Radovan Radovanović; Kristijan Djujić; Martin Matijašević

doi:10.2298/VSP200825127R

Radovan Radovanović Criminal Police University in Belgrade, Department of Forensic Engineering, Belgrade, Serbia
Kristijan Djujić Criminal Police University in Belgrade, Department of Forensic Engineering, Belgrade, Serbia
Martin Matijašević Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Serbia, Directorate for Execution of Criminal Sanctions, Penitentiary in Pančevo, Pančevo, Serbia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2298/VSP200825127R

Keywords: covid-19;, prisoners;, pandemic;, quality of health care;, risk assessment

Author Biographies

Radovan Radovanović, Criminal Police University in Belgrade, Department of Forensic Engineering, Belgrade, Serbia

Sef departmana forenzickog inzenjerstva, redovni profesor Kriminalisticko/policijskog univerziteta

Kristijan Djujić, Criminal Police University in Belgrade, Department of Forensic Engineering, Belgrade, Serbia

Specijalista kriminalista

Martin Matijašević, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Serbia, Directorate for Execution of Criminal Sanctions, Penitentiary in Pančevo, Pančevo, Serbia

PhD

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