The National Crime Prevention Programme entitled Working Together for Safer and More Secure Communities, prepared by the National Council for Crime Prevention, aims to promote...
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...
The aim of Finland’s national cyber security strategy is to respond to cyber threats, strengthen the overall security of society and ensure the smooth functioning of the cyber...
Kaleidoscoop (Perry Pre-school) is a programme to prepare children (age 3-4) of socio-economic low standard milieus for school, by developing cognitive, social and physical...
VoorZorg is a programme for undereducated women below the age of 25 who are pregnant with their first child, preventing child abuse and serious developmental problems.
The goal of the project is to change the behaviour of the youngsters that lead to less delinquency and better school results. The behavioural change is not only focused upon the...