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Then I have the crime stats

about these same groups

considering the seriousness

and nature of a crime.

For instance, the intellectuals tended

to commit crimes of passion before,

while today they mostly

commit financial crimes.

The plundering of public property.

That same group. Imagine that!

That's an interesting fact.

- Of course it is!

But I introduced some new elements in the

statistics that haven't been used so far.

The chart consists of

coordinate system. Right?

We have the timeslots on the abscissa,

and the numerical values on the ordinate.

The number of victims

in 1973, 1974, 1975...

Or we could have the number

of delicts on the abscissa,

while the numerical values

are on the ordinate again.

But now comes my innovation.

I didn't care much about quantities.

I put the profession on the abscissa,

and the type of offense on the ordinate,

thus coming to the interesting

social aspect of it all.

That's the first thing.

Secondly, I used the following criteria:

Daytime, season of the year...

And I got an interesting phenomenon.

For example, the mafia tends to kill

in the springtime early in the morning.

While the intellectuals usually kill

in the wintertime late in the evening.

The housewives are victims of pocket-picking

mostly in the summertime before 12am.

While the mafia members normally

beat up their wives in late June.

I'm really impressed!

Help yourself.

How did you come to this?

You mean, the system?

- Yes.

Look, if one uses his head...

Cheers.

Besides, if one has a love for

such work, nothing is hard.

I'm currently working on something.

I'm working on classifying the human

crimes in regards to the victim.

You've heard about the victimology, right?

It's a study of victims.

You see, I have all that

amply written in my books,

but I'm worried about one thing.

Namely,

it is not unimportant who's the victim

and what is his/her role in a crime.

What about data?

Where did you get it?

I find all that in the newspapers.

There's tons of data

for those who know

how to read carefully.

I know, but they sometimes keep it quiet

if it's an financial crime or a messy one.

Then, all those traffic accidents.

Who would note down all this?

You see, it's important having a system.

When one creates a system, he doesn't

need every piece of data on his disposal.

The system is what counts.

It shows everything.

You've heard about probability

and statistics, have you?

It never fails.

For me, the most important is to know

the number of crimes in Zagreb.

The quantity of each type.

Where they happened.

The newspapers only prove something

that I already know in my own way.

Strange, isn't it?

No, no...

Statistics is generally...

How far are you ready to go?

You mean, in depth or width?

- Well...

In width, for instance.

You see, I have data for Trnje.

I begun from here.

I have an insight into quarters, streets,

houses... Almost the apartments.

Maybe it's too ambitious

speaking about this,

but maybe it should be expanded

to whole Zagreb and its suburbia.

I have a lot of data about that, too.

And then even wider.

Say Dubrovnik, Split, Rijeka,

Osijek, Varadin, etc.

That's fantastic!

What about the depth?

What may be the depth of it?

That's more of a philological question!

The question is:
what's a crime?

What should be considered an offense?

I thought you were taking

the basis of law into account.

Yes, but beyond that.

The law is too narrow for me.

For instance, the felon who never

gets caught is still a felon, right?

Right.

Should he be noted, too?

- I guess he should.

But how would you find one?

- That's another question.

When we agree about that,

the things get complicated.

Is it a crime when father spends

all his paycheck on booze,

while his children walk

around in torn shoes?

That's a complex question.

Is it a crime when one doesn't care

about his ill parents?

I guess it is, if you say so.

That's why one should record it all.

Otherwise, statistics is not complete.

That's ok, but...

I can't see why...

- Why is all this for, right?

Yes.

- I'm not surprised.

As a matter of fact, I haven't

explained you all about my work

and what is the result derived

from it even from afar.

You don't see a purpose. Right?

Explain me, then.

Roughly, at least.

Look, knowing about something

means a lot, right?

Right.

The closer we get to the complete knowledge

about what a crime is and how it occurs,

I guess the sooner we'll destroy it.

Yes, maybe.

- It's doubtless.

That's it.

You see,

my goal is to examine the crime

activities in the city of Zagreb.

In fact, to find out the way of

getting rid of it more easily.

I've told you I'm a sentimental man.

I'm doing all this 'cause I love this city.

I can't say I wasn't

impressed by Fabian's theory.

That night when he told me all about it,

I wasn't able to sleep

but I was rather listening against

my will to the paper rustling

that was coming out of his room.

There was something silly about it

like with every other hobby.

I find hobbyists strange as usual.

On the other hand, there was this Fabian's

noble desire for common good,

such denial and creative fervor

that left a strong impression on me.

During these days, however, I had

to think about other things as well.

Because Zdenka has shown up.

Ivica!

It's you? Hi.

- Hi!

When have you come? How are you?

- I'm fine, thank you.

The day before yesterday.

Mom had a heart attack.

She's feeling better now.

The doctor had come.

It was Zdenka. A woman I've never

recovered from to this day.

We were living in the same street and I was

in loved with her ever since my childhood.

At one point, we were even a

couple in the high school days.

We used to hold hands, walk around Paromlinska

street and everybody knew about us.

Her father was already working in Switzerland,

and one day he called her to come there

even before her graduation.

It was known that she opened

a beauty salon in Zurich.

We were sending letters for a while,

I remember I was writing pretty fearfully

and then I just stopped at all.

How are your kids?

- Ok.

The kids grow as usual.

What about your husband?

- Leave it.

Don't you have anything else to ask?

Is it serious about your mother?

- You know, she's old...

It strikes legs, arms and mouth, too.

My brother is working in Iraq.

So, the neighbors called me

and I've come immediately.

Are you taking care alone?

- A field nurse is coming for a vaccination.

But I'm mostly alone.

We watch television and the old photos.

If you need something, just say.

Only the company.

When will you come?

Whenever you want to.

- I'll make some cookies. Ok?

What do they say, then?

How much is it stolen?

They keep it quiet as usual,

but one can guess.

I'd say about 5 millions,

both cash and stock.

How do you know?

- There's a lot of indicators.

Size of the store, the daily traffic,

the way of daily expenditure handover,

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