One of the most important tasks of the police consists in preventing violence and to ensure that individuals can lead a life without being afraid of assaults. Established in 1997...
Prevention of domestic violence has ascended on the Finnish political agenda since the 1980s. It became even more visible in the late 1990s when the results of the first dedicated...
“… fear of crime can be regarded as a social problem comparable to crime itself” (National Crime Prevention Program 1999). The Finnish definition of crime prevention focuses on...
Measuring public perceptions of safety The Veiligheidsmonitor Rijk 2007 [Government Security Monitor 2007, only in Dutch] measures both objective and perceived safety. Objective...
In Austria, the implementation of probationary services is carried out by a private organisation, NEUSTART. Since 1957, NEUSTART works in the field of social work close to...
A multidisciplinary barriermodel in combating migrant smuggling has been developed in 2014. All different aspects relating to migrant smuggling are addressed in this barrier model...