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...
The law of September, 8th 2003 was modified by the law of 30th July 2013. It authorizes the police to evict the violent partner from the common residence, regardless of the...
Domestic violence prevention and prosecution of perpetrators is one of the priorities of the Polish police. Domestic violence is described as a separate crime in the Polish Penal...
The results of independent social research conducted for many years shows that the sense of security of Poles maintains at a high level, as well as the indicators of social...
There is no strategic or national approach to reduce sexual crime or violence in Poland but in several national programmes and strategies this problem is described. Sexual crimes...
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...