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...
Measuring public perceptions of safety The Veiligheidsmonitor Rijk 2007 [Government Security Monitor 2007, only in Dutch] measures both objective and perceived safety. Objective...
VEHICLE CRIME Criminality of car stealing after 1989 has become the focus of attention not only of the police, criminologists and investigators, but also the entire society and...
Public perceptions of safety reflects the individual’s view of aspects of the environment coupled with, or in addition to, issues of perceived, or actual signs or events, of...
To face the high level of road accidents in Portugal the National Plan for the Prevention of Road Accidents (NPPRA) was approved in 2003. The Plan established the general aim of...
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...
The Programme aims to promote the social inclusion of children and young people aged from 6-24 years old, living in the most vulnerable communities, particularly immigrants...