In 1999, the Federal Government presented its 1st "Action Plan to Combat Violence against Women" (API). Its main objectives were, inter alia, to create a model for action...
In 1997 the Federal Government set up the Working Group (WG) on Trafficking in Women. In 2013 the WG changed its name to WG trafficking in persons, to reflect the broadened scope...
According to the constitution of Germany, the Länder (states) are responsible for law enforcement within their territory. Thus each of the 16 German Länder can have its own...
According to the Federal Republic of Germanys constitution, the Länder (states) are responsible for law enforcement within their territory. Thus each of the 16 German Länder can in...
At all times, young persons committed offences more often than adults which is mainly because they have not concluded the development of their personality and often do not...
Preventing and combating domestic violence is an area that Denmark has focused on for a longer period of time, and most recently in 2014 the Ministry of Children, Gender Equality...
In Denmark, prostitution among adults has not been criminalized neither as buyer nor seller of sex. It is, however, illegal to act as a pimp, making a profit of other peoples...
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...
It is stated by the researches that in public men suffer from the violence more often, but women more often suffer from violence in the family. Generally domestic violence in...