In 2013, Portugal adopted its 3rd Action Plan to Prevent and Combat Trafficking in Human Beings (2014-2017). The 3rd National Plan fits within the commitments accepted by Portugal...
Public perceptions of safety reflects the individual’s view of aspects of the environment coupled with, or in addition to, issues of perceived, or actual signs or events, of...
Aiming to stretch the cooperation and coordination between the wide range of Portuguese Law Security Forces and Services, it has been developed a Platform for the Exchange of...
To face the high level of road accidents in Portugal the National Plan for the Prevention of Road Accidents (NPPRA) was approved in 2003. The Plan established the general aim of...
Portugal is now in its fifth National Plan against Domestic Violence (2014-2017) (Resolution of the Council of Ministers 102/2013, of the 31st of December). This Plan enlarges the...
This policy paper first looks at the existing EU policy on fraud. In this chapter, we argue that there is an evolution to be detected, nevertheless there is still room for...
Big data is a hot topic in the criminological field. It provides for a lot of posibilities and new approaches are being developed. Predictive policing is such a new big data...
This thematic paper is a general introduction to the theme European Crime Prevention Network (EUCPN): Crime prevention activities at the EU, national and local level. It is written...