In Denmark robbery is considered a very serious crime as it contains elements of both enrichment and violence or coercion. The maximum penalty for robbery is thus also considerably...
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...
Operation Thor, which was launched by An Garda Síochána (Irish Police Service) on 2 November 2015, is a multi-stranded national operation which entails a broad range of activities...
All members of An Garda Síochána (Police officers) promote crime prevention and reduction. However, there are also dedicated Crime Prevention Officers within each Garda Division...
In February 2014, the Minister for Justice and Equality and the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs published ‘Tackling Youth Crime: Youth Justice Action Plan 2014-2018'. The...
Certain forms of what is known in Sweden as ‘robbery offences can be regarded as volume crime, which is a priority issue for the Swedish Government (read more under ‘vehicle crime)...
Many people are affected in their everyday lives by vandalism, burglary and vehicle-related crime, such as theft from or vandalism of cars. This ‘volume crime has considerable...