Safety and its opposite, fear of crime, are two important and central issues in crime prevention efforts. Recent years have brought a significant increase in the number of studies...
Because crime is primarily a youth phenomenon, and because people under the age of 24 are overrepresented 3 to 1 in the criminal justice system, there is good reason to prevent...
Trends: The number of offences/crimes committed by juveniles, reported over the last 3 years (2011-2013) has substantially remained stable, with a minimum decrease, on average, by...
The perception of safety is related to the approach of individuals to the issues of security in their own environment. The perception of safety is influenced by a number of social...
Measuring public perceptions of safety The Veiligheidsmonitor Rijk 2007 [Government Security Monitor 2007, only in Dutch] measures both objective and perceived safety. Objective...
In 2004, the Presidium of the Police Corps, Ministry of Interior SR, issued a working aid “Methodology of collaboration in searching for, detecting, clarifying and documenting...
In Belgium, juvenile delinquency is defined as a general category which includes problematic forms of behaviour or offences qualified as offences committed by youngsters who haven...