The concrete aim of the project was to make sure that the end of school year weekend would go without problems, be safe and violence free as well as to prevent similar events as...
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...
“… 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...
The perception of safety is related to the approach of individuals to the issues of security in their own environment. The perception of safety is influenced by a number of social...
Measuring public perceptions of safety The Veiligheidsmonitor Rijk 2007 [Government Security Monitor 2007, only in Dutch] measures both objective and perceived safety. Objective...