Protecting children and young persons from sexual abuse and exploitation is one of the Federal Governments major concerns. For this reason, the Federal Cabinet adopted the Action...
In Denmark, between 360 and 475 rapes are reported annually. In addition to this are the unreported figures. Annually, it is estimated that about 2600 more incidents of rape or...
Sexual offences against children is one of the priority issues in Estonian criminal policy since august 2005, when ministers of Interior and Justice stated this to be one of the...
Hungary’s criminal policy endeavours to strengthen security, law and order, to reduce crime, mitigate the negative impact of committed offences and to provide protection for...
An Garda Síochána (The Irish Police) has new and comprehensive procedures governing the investigation of sexual crime which places an emphasis on tackling crimes against children...
Trends: The number of sexual crimes reported over the last 3 years (2011-2013) has decreased, on average, by 5%. Relevant legislation: Law No 66 of 15 February 1996, Regulations...
Sexual crime constitute a small part of all reported crimes, but by their nature as well as other violent crimes they are very dangerous, create the atmosphere of fear, insecurity...
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...
In 2013 the National Crime Prevention Strategy – which is the baseline for the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) – decided to promote architectural solutions that help to...