The main objective of the project is to create a sense of community in the target neighborhoods, thus improving the sense of safety of the residents and other actors in the area.
HAPKE 2 was a development project for the vulnerable asylum seekers' service provision system in Finland. The project focused on prevention and identification of trafficking among...
The implementation of the Educational Workshops initiative aims to meet educational and social objectives, as well as facilitating mediation, solidarity and social links. It seeks...
The Finnish Government adopted a national crime prevention programme called “Working Together for Safer and More Secure Communities ” in 2016. The National Crime Prevention...
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...
Prostitution Prostitution is not a crime in Finland, but selling or buying sexual services in public places is criminalised. Prostitutes are mainly considered to be victims of sex...
“… 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...