Crime Prevention in Denmark

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Crime Prevention
in Denmark
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Publisher:
The Danish Crime
Prevention Council
Odinsvej 19, 2. floor
DK-2600 Glostrup
Phone (+45) 43 44 88 88
Fax
(+45) 33 43 01 39
[email protected]
www.crimprev.dk
Photo:
Scanpix, Søren Hytting, page 26
Photodisc, cover and
page 4-5, 8, 12, and 21
Design:
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1st edition:
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DKR 02-141-0209
ISBN 87-88789-43-8
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reference to source
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Preface
The organisation of crime prevention began in earnest in Denmark well over 30
years ago. As society developed in the 1960’s with a marked rise in the number of
offences being committed, it was necessary to find new ways of preventing crime.
The Crime Prevention Council was set up to take initiatives that could prevent
crimes being committed.
In the first few years the main emphasis was on technical security measures, but the
scope of the Council’s work has increased considerably since then. This brochure
describes the organisation of the Council, whose many member organisations play
a pivotal role in all the prevention work.
The brochure also describes the diversity of tasks for which the Crime Prevention
Council has taken the initiative in various fields over the last few years.
The Danish Crime Prevention Council
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Contents
Crime Prevention in Denmark . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Organisation
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Description of
the Council’s current work:
SSP Co-operation
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Better housing – less crime
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Children and Young People
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Prevention of Violence
Technical security measures . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Other activities
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The Council at festivals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Fred’s fencing shop
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Translations
CPC
SSP
DTS
UKO
MPU
DVE
PTU
5
Crime Prevention Council
Schools, Social Services, The Police
The Technical Safeguarding Committee
The Crime Prevention Information Committee
The Committee for Crime Prevention by
Planning Residential Environments
The Violence Prevention Unit
The Crime Prevention Scheme Advisory Board
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Crime Prevention in Denmark
The Crime Prevention Council (CPC) is
the national centre for crime prevention
initiatives in Denmark.
cil have their origins in the Danish democratic tradition.
The constitutional monarchy in Denmark is one of the oldest in the world,
and the country is reigned over by the
Queen Margrethe II. Denmark has had
a free written constitution since 1849.
The Danish Constitution is similar to
the constitutions found in most western
countries, separating the main branches
into the legislative, the executive and the
judiciary powers.
The Council is an independent institution
under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of
Justice.
Set up in 1971 at the instance of the
National Commissioner of Police, the
Danish Crime Prevention Council has
as its objectives:
• The total area of Denmark
“To work to prevent crime by implementing measures that may increase
security, by introducing information
campaigns and by working in any
other way to promote the objectives.”
covers 43,000 square kilometres. Of the 5.1 million population, 1.4 million live in the
metropolitan area and approximately 2.9 million peo-
The Legislative Power
The sovereign and the parliament
(Folketinget), whose 179 members sit
for a maximum of 4 years, make up the
legislature power.
ple live in the other urban
has a broad foundation consisting of
more than 42 private and public member
(umbrella) organisations. The membership organisations represent many different trades and professions and their
representatives in the 5 standing committees in the CPC supply an essential
part of the knowledge and information
on which the guidance and initatives of
the CPC are based.
areas.
• Denmark is divided into 273
municipalities that have extensive administrative selfgovernment.
The Judiciar y Power
The judicial authority is vested in the
courts of justice. Judges are appointed
by the Queen and cannot be dismissed
except by judgement.
The executive Power
The executive power is vested in the
queen as head of state. The queen
exercises her authority through the
Ministers.
The names of the membership organisations are listed on page 8 and 9.
The authority for the Danish police is the
Minister for Justice. The secretariat of
the CPC is a section within the National
Police Commissioner’s Office. The National Police Commissioner covers the
administrative costs of the secretariat
of CPC, and the Executive Committee –
representing the Plenary Assembly –
decides on the broader perspectives and
initiatives to be taken by the Council.
Danish Democracy
The organisation and work of the Coun-
Administrative responsibilities of the Ministr y of Justice
Minister of Justice
The Department
The Police
The Law Courts
The MedicoLegal Council
Department of Prisons
and Probation
Other Agencies
Other Agencies
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Organisation
The Plenar y Assembly
has a broad foundation consisting of
more than 42 private and public member
(umbrella) organisations. These organisations constitute the plenary meeting.
The Crime Prevention Council
The Plenary Assembly
National
Commissioner,s “A”
Department
Executive Committee
Executive Committee
The executive committee represents
the plenary assembly when it comes to
planning initiatives to be arranged and
launched by the Crime Prevention
Council and is furthermore responsible
to the assembly for the daily work carried out by the secretariat.
Technical
Safeguarding
Committee
Crime Prevention
Schemes Advisory
Board
Working Parties
Standing Committees
Five standing committees and a Think
Tank form the core of the Council’s work:
1. The Technical Safeguarding
Committee (DTS)
2. The Crime Prevention Scheme
Advisory Board (PTU)
3. The Crime Prevention Information
Committee (UKO)
4. The SSP Committee (SSP)
5. The Committee for Crime Prevention
through Planning Residential Environments (MPU)
6. A Think Tank assisting The Violence
Prevention Unit (DVE)
Crime Prevention
Information
Committee
SSP Committee
Preventive
Envrionmental
Planning Committee
Think Tank
The Violence
Prevention Unit
passed on to municipalities and police
districts in Denmark.
Projects and project development work
may be described and initiated by the
Danish Crime Prevention Council. Or
they may be local projects that after having been approved and recommended by
the local SSP committees gain financial
support from the Danish Crime Prevention Council. The Council requires evaluation of issues that it thinks will be able to
bring new experience and knowledge that
will be useful to other SSP committees.
80 people represent the 42 member
organisations on the five committees.
has a central advisory and consultative
role in society as a whole. On request
and/or based on trends or acute problems, the Council offers advice and guidance to professionals as well as to the
general public. Through a contact person scheme with the 54 local police districts, the Danish Crime Prevention
Council can also initiate quick contacts
with local SSP committees.
The five standing committees
Some of the participants in the standing
committees are representatives from the
member organisations that the Danish
Crime Prevention Council has immediately thought could contribute with specialist knowledge. Some of the representatives have applied to be accepted as
Moreover, the Council gives money to
crime preventive projects and project
development work that may give the
Danish Crime Prevention Council knowledge and experience that will later be
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Crime Prevention
Council Secretariat
Member
organisations
in the CPC
• The Institute of Legal
Science, University of
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Based on the discussion in the committee, general and specific recommendations are made on how the individual
may avoid becoming a victim of crime
– including, naturally, organised crime.
members. Applicants with specialist expertise that the individual committee
has needed have been received. Furthermore, the individual committee may
choose to add to its members by including individual persons who possess an
expertise that the committee thinks it
may benefit from.
The material is intended for both private
individuals and for particular companies
(shops, banks, saving banks).
Copenhagen (Chairman)
• Insurance and Pensions in
Denmark (Deputy
Chairman)
• The Danish Bar and Law
Society
The prevailing themes that the standing
committees work with each year are chosen by the executive committee following recommendations from the chairmen
of the 5 standing committees.
Recommendations are made as to how the
individual may be protected against robbery, burglary in private homes (including
weekend cottages in particular), shoplifting, theft committed by employees and
theft from weekend cottages. Marking
valuables and establishing neighbourhood
watch schemes – both of which are widespread projects in Denmark – are examples of the committee’s work.
• National Olympic Committee
and Sports Confederation of
Denmark,
• DLF – Danish Union of
Teachers
• Danish Employers
The 5 standing committees work independently and inform the executive committee of the work done in the committees.
Initiatives of a fundamental nature are to
be accepted by the executive committee.
Confederation
• The Danish Welfare Society
• Danish Commerce and
Services,
• The Confederation of
Danish Industries
• The Danish Criminal Police
Association
• The Danish Association of
Social Workers,
• The Association of Danish
Judges
• The Danish Chamber of
Moreover, the Committee offers advice
in person and on the telephone as well as
financial support to local projects and to
nation-wide crime prevention-campaigns
(on such topics as handling stolen goods,
theft, marking valuables, neighbourhood
watch schemes and an extensive campaign on car engine immobilisers).
The Technical Safeguarding
Committee (DTS) and The Crime
Prevention Scheme Advisor y Board
(PTU) work together closely. DTS works
with technical security measures to safeguard the individual, his valuables and
goods against crime. The aims of the
Advisory Board are to develop counselling and guidelines on appropriate
procedures and behaviour that can prevent the individual from becoming a victim of crime.
The Committee also takes part in the
Contact Committee,with the police,
financial institutions, post offices, and
the Danish Bankers Association.
Commerce.
• The Department of Prisons
and Probation
• The Medical Officer of
Health Association
• Danish Bankers Association
• The Association of Prison
Governors and Deputy
Governors.
• The Danish Chief Constables
Association
• School and Society (Parental
School Association)
• COOP Denmark (The
Danish Co-operative Retail
and Wholesale Society),
• The Danish Federation of
Small and Medium-Sized
Enterprises
• The Judicial Department for
Legal- and Crime Science,
University of Århus
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responsibility for the lives and development of children and young people, can
do to ensure that all children and young
people have the opportunity of choosing
a good life, i.e. reject crime, drug abuse
and other anti-social and destructive
behaviour. There UKO supports projects
and development work that can contribute to gaining knowledge and ideas
as well as to processing and passing this
knowledge on. The committee has over
the years published crime preventive
educational material that is highly recommended both nationally and internationally.
The Technical
Safeguarding Committee
Member Organisations:
The Society of Danish Engineers
(Chairmann), COOP Denmark (The Danish
Co-operative Retail and Wholesale Society),
Insurance and Pensions in Denmark,
Danish Commerce and Services, The
Danish Trade Organisation for Safety and
Security, The Danish Federation of Small
and Medium-Sized Enterprises, The Danish
Consumer Council, The Danish Certified
Electricians Association, The Danish National Police, The Danish Locksmith Association, Federation of Danish Motorists, The
Danish Council of Practising Architects.
Member organisations in the
CPC
• The Ministry of Justice,
• Local Government Denmark
• The Danish Prisons and
Probation Association.
• The National Federation of
Teachers in Adult and
Youth Education
• The National League of
Leaders of the Youth Schools
• The National Youth Forum
Association
• The Danish Confederation
of Trade Unions
The Crime Prevention
Scheme Advisor y Board
Information Commitee
• The Commissioner of the
• The Police Union in
Insurance and Pensions in Denmark
The Ministry of Education (Chairman),
(Chairman), Post Denmark, COOP
The National Youth Forum Association,
Denmark (The Danish Co-operative Retail
The Danish Federation of Early Childhood
and Wholesale Society), The Danish
Teachers and Youth Educators, The
• Post Denmark
Tenants Association, Danish Commerce
Department of Prisons and Probation,
• The Director of Public
and Services, The Association of Police
University of Copenhagen, SSP Joint-
Leaders in Denmark, The Danish Property
Council, The National League of Leaders
Federation, The Union of Commercial and
of the Youth Schools, Crime Prevention
Clerical Employees, The Danish National
Department - Copenhagen Police, The
Police, The Danish Chamber of Commerce.
Danish Union of Teachers, The Danish
Safety and Security
Criminal Police Association, The Danish
• The Ministry of Social
University of Education, Association of
School and Society (Parental School
Information Committee (UKO)
A great deal of the Council’s work consists of working with children and young
people. UKO is responsible for developing methods and initiatives that will
strengthen crime prevention work in primary schools, after-school programmes,
youth clubs and other institutions for
young people.
Association), The National Federation of
Teachers in Adult and Youth Education,
The Visiting Nurses Association, The
Copenhagen Police
Denmark
• The Public Prosecutors
Association
Prosecutions
• The National Commissioner
of Police
• The Trade Organisation for
Affairs
• The National Federation of
Social Educators
• Central Customs and Tax
Administration
Masters Associations, The Danish Union of
• The Ministry of Education
Teachers - Managers Association, Danish
• The Guard and Alarm
Union of Teachers, Joint-Council of Child
Issues.
Trade Organisations
• SSP Joint-Council
• Joint-Council of Child Issues
• The Federation of non-profit
The Committee for Crime Prevention
by Planning Residential Environments (MPU)
This committee works with the reduction of crime by urban planning and building design and methods and initiatives
to improve the physical, cultural and
social conditions in housing areas. Experience shows that there is a clear connection between the physical environment in the local area and factors that
lead to criminal behaviour.
UKO’s aims are to gain knowledge
about the causes that lead children and
young people to show criminal conduct
(and other forms of destructive and
selfdestructive behaviour), and to pass
this information on to professionals, parents and the general public. Another aim
is to get ideas and make suggestions as
to what schools, institutions, societies
and other places, where adults have joint
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Housing in Denmark
• Jacques Blum, University
Senior Lecturer in Sociology
• Jørn Vestergaard, University
Lecturer in Criminal Law
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The central SSP Committee works primarily with planning initiatives that may
reinforce interdisciplinary and cross sectional co-operation locally. The central
SSP Committee encourages all municipalities to establish formalised SSP cooperation – and offers advice and guidelines to municipalities and the police on
how the work may be planned and which
initiatives are to be taken.
The aims of MPU work are to set guidelines for the general preventive methods
that the Council can recommend based on
the physical environment in the area. The
Council also sets guidelines for its support
and help in promoting local crime prevention by planning residential environments.
The committee’s target groups are all residents in a given local area, housing associations, town planners and architects.
More than 95% of Danish municipalities
have now established SSP committees in
accordance with the guidelines laid down
by the CPC.
The Committee for Crime
Prevention through Planning
Residential Environments
When the expression “formal” co-operation is used, it is not legally binding cooperation but co-operation based on the
municipalities’ decision to work in interdisciplinary and cross-sectional SSP cooperation.
Local Government Denmark (Chairman),
The National Federation of Social
Educators, The Danish Tenants
Association, The National Olympic
Committee and Sports Confederation of
Denmark, SSP Joint-Council, The Society of
Due to local government of the Danish
municipalities it would not be possible
centrally to demand that municipalities
establish interdisciplinary and crosssectional co-operation. This would only
be possible if the Danish Parliament (the
Folketing) passed a law saying that this
must be so.
Danish Engineers, The Danish Town
Planning Institute, The Danish Ministry of
Housing and Urban Affairs, The National
Youth Forum, Danish Building and Urban
Research Institute, The Federation of nonprofit Housing in Denmark, The Danish
Criminal Police Association, The Police
Union in Denmark, The Federation of
Danish Architects, Association of Urban
Legislation covering
SSP co-operation
Legislation obliges the school system,
the social services and the police to
carry out crime prevention work in its
broadest sense.
Planners, The University of Copenhagen
The SSP Committee
SSP stands for a form of interdisciplinary
and cross sectional co-operation involving schools and after-school programmes (S), the social services and health
care services (S) and the police (P).
This obligation is not expressly mentioned in the Primary Education Act.
However, the objectives state that the
individual pupil should acquire all round
personal development, something that is
very difficult to realise if the young person is involved in drug abuse or crime.
The SSP Committee under the Danish
Crime Prevention Council was set up in
1975. The objective of the SSP committee is to guide and assist local authorities
in establishing SSP co-operation in the
communities. In 1996 the SSP Committee expressed the declaration of their
intentions for the SSP co-operation in the
following way: The central aim for SSPco-operation is
• to build up a local network that
• has a crime preventive effect on the
daily lives of children and young people
Legislation on social ser vices obliges
staff to supervise the conditions children
and young people live in. This includes
the possibility of supporting them in creating the best possible conditions for
growing up.
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Legislation covering the social services,
health care and education ensures that
the population can maintain a certain
standard of living and receive free treatment under the National Health Service
and free education in Danish primary
schools. Legislation concerning housing
regulations, including planning and urban renewal programmes, ensures
healthy housing standards. All these
things play a long-term part in bringing
down crime.
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The administrative sphere
of the Ministry of Justice
as regards the Police:
The Minister
for Justice
Director of Public
Prosecutions
The National
Commissioner
Regional Public
Prosecutors
The obligations of the police are not
stated in detail in section 108 of the
Danish Administration of Justice Act,
according to which the police must do
whatever is necessary to prevent crime.
Commissioner of the
Copenhagen Police/
Chief Constables
It should be added that provisions in section 115b of the Danish Administration
of Justice Act enable the laws concerning professional confidentiality to be disregarded to a limited extent in connection with SSP work.
The SSP Committee
Chief Constable in Odense (Chairman),
The Danish Federation of Early Childhood
Teachers and Youth Educators, SSP Joint-
The SSP co-operation are to build up,
use and maintain a local network that
has a crime preventive influence on the
daily lives of children and young people.
The networks are also to be used to
detect, at an early stage, danger signals
and new tendencies in the development
of crime. Moreover they are able to
notice the development in the conditions
of life for children and young people.
Council, The Association of Police Leaders
in Denmark, National Leauge of Leders of
the Youth Schools, The Association of
Directors of Dansh Social Welfare Services,
The Danish Association of Social Workers,
The Settlement - Askovgaarden, The
Danish Headmasters Association, Local
Government Denmark, The Federation of
non-profit Housing in Denmark, The
Ministry of Justice, The Association of
County Councils in Denmark, The Danish
Another aim is to clarify which local prevention options there are on an interdisciplinary and cross sectional basis, as well
as on a professional level in specific fields,
school, social services, police, institutions,
housing areas, recreational areas and cultural areas. Projects and specific efforts
are made to try to prevent young people
and groups of young people from engaging in inappropriate social behaviour, including criminal behaviour. And to prevent
this type of behaviour from spreading.
Union of Teachers, The Department of
Prisons and Probation, The National
Federation of Social Educators, The
Ministry of Social Affairs, SSP-Secretariat,
Municipality of Copenhagen, The Public
Prosecutors Association, The Danish
Confederation of Trade Unions, The
National Federation of Teachers in Adult
and Youth Education, Danish Employers’
Confederation, The National Youth Forum
Association, Joint Council for Councellars
Association, Joint-Council of Child Issues
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• developing methods that ensure that
prevention initiatives are adapted to
the needs of the target groups
Violence Prevention Unit
The Violence Prevention Unit was set up
within the Crime Prevention Council at
the beginning of 2001 on the basis of a
decision to transfer all the initiatives to
prevent violence to the Crime Prevention
Council.
As a forum for knowledge, experience and
inspiration the Violence Prevention Unit
has a Think Tank. The Think Tank con-
The Violence Prevention Unit combats
physical and psychological violence by:
• bringing together and passing on knowledge about the extent, nature and character of violence in Denmark and to a
limited extent in comparable countries
• co-operating on an interdisciplinary
and cross-sectional basis in relation
to specific tasks, giving professional
and/or financial support to national
or local initiatives for the prevention
of violence
sists of a professor from the Forensics
Institute of the University of Copenhagen,
a chief consultant from the Ministry of
Justice, a senior medical officer from
Aarhus County Hospital, a chief constable
from the Association of Chief Constables in
Denmark, a Detective Commander from
the Association of Police Leaders in
Denmark, a development consultant from
SSP Joint Council and the leader of the
SSP-Secretariat in Copenhagen.
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SSP co-operation
It is, however, essential to discuss how
the traditional SSP co-operation can be
developed to include other educational
institutions than primary schools. The
background for this is that many state
and county institutions (business
schools, high schools, vocational colleges, production schools and others)
have come forward with specific problems and would like to be included in the
existing SSP co-operation in their neighbourhoods.
SSP co-operation (between schools,
social ser vices and police) is the
cornerstone of crime prevention
work with children and young people. By successive steps, over 95%
of all municipalities have established SSP co-operation, and at the
present time discussion is taking
place on how the quality of the cooperation can be improved and
extended.
Quality development of
SSP co-operation
The Council is working on a project in
which the country’s municipalities will
be offered the assistance of consultants
to develop plans of action for SSP co-operation. Eleven ad-hoc consultants have
been trained and they will support the
municipalities in the process up to when
the plans of action are ready. Agreements
have been made with 23 municipalities
across the country – these include both
large and small municipalities.
Many municipalities have followed the
Council’s recommendations on involving
new partners in the co-operation. The
results show that groups are chiefly set
up with representatives from public services, educational institutions etc that all
have in common the fact that they usually work with individual cases, counselling or education.
A typical group will be made up of
people from the following:
• Social Services
• Child and Youth Welfare Service
• Cultural Affairs Service
• Prison and Probation Service
• Police
• Integration Group
• Outreach Youth Education
Programmes
• Youth School
• Youth Guidance Service
• Production School
• SSP co-ordinator
• Consultants working with drug abuse
• Psychological advisors
A member of staff from the Council will
establish contacts with new municipalities and administer the corps of ad-hoc
consultants.
As support to the ad-hoc consultants,
“model plans of action” will be worked
out for small, medium-sized and large
municipalities.
Work with young people over 18
The marginalised with the over-18 age
group is another area the Council is
focussing on. It has been necessary to
involve new partners in the co-operation
so that young people with social problems, in particular, can be given better
prospects for the future.
Young People and Nightlife
It should be safe for young people to
go into town, and safe for parents to let
them go. So, in co-operation with the police and licensed premises, the Council
has published a booklet with suggestions
for changes of the existing legislation as
well as guidelines on what can be done to
make a safer environment for the
“nightlife crowd”. The guidelines have
been sent to restaurants, cafes, the
police, licensing boards and others
For many years the Council has recommended – and contributed towards –
organising crime prevention initiatives
for both pre-school and post-school age
groups, so the idea of working with a
target group of over 18-year olds was
not new.
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Council’s folder with recommendations on how SSP cooperation is best organised is
published in English. In addition, as a result of a research
project in Poland, the folder
has now been translated into
Polish. The translation will
be put on the internet,
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involved in the area. In the guidelines
there are a number of ideas showing how
better conditions can be created in and
around the licensed premises young people frequent.
Prevention of
Child Abuse and Neglect
In the CPC the crime prevention initiatives towards children and young people
are based on the idea that every child
has a right to a safe and secure childhood. This attitude is also in accordance
with the UN Convention on the Rights of
the Child from 1989. Denmark ratified
the Convention in 1991.
Further training for SSP Consultants
SSP consultants have been asking for
more specific further training for several
years, training that could upgrade their
qualifications for the work. In co-operation with the SSP Joint Council and the
National Association of Local Authorities,
the Council has put together several
courses including:
• Introductory Course for new SSP staff
• SSP and the School (the role of SSP
consultants in the school’s crime prevention work)
• Project Management – optimal
communication between partners,
authorities and SSP staff
• Handling Conflict – theory
and practice
• Course in Cultural Understanding
• The Visible SSP Consultant – a communication tool to make visible the
quality of the work
CPC was aware that in order to be able
to prevent and/or stop child abuse and
neglect, adults who are taking care of
children need to be well informed about
the signals and signs that might show
that a child is exposed to neglect, violence or sexual abuse. Furthermore
knowledge about what to do, and where
to go with a possible suspicion is essential and so are knowledge about co-operation with other professionals and other
sectors.
CPC published in 1993 the first edition of
a book giving social, psychological and
legal advice to professionals, should they
encounter children exposed to neglect in
any way.
In addition courses are being planned on
integration, ethical issues and how to
deal with the question of confidentiality.
The book has been regularly revised.
Over the years 75.000 copies have been
distributed free of charge. Major changes
of the penal code and other laws as well
as growing knowledge about children
and their development made it necessary to rewrite and update the book.
The new edition will be published in
September 2002. It is the intention of
CPC that the book should supply the
professionals with knowledge that will
enable them to secure that children are
not being abused and with knowledge
enough to prevent false accusations to
be raised.
Lifestyle Sur veys
in the senior grades
The SSP Committee has, in many cases,
supported projects in which a municipality has carried out a fairly detailed survey, with self-reporting, of the lifestyle
and conditions of young people. The
results are then used to do specific prevention work on conflict and violence,
drug abuse and alcohol habits. This also
results in increased co-operation with
parents. The Council will shortly publish
a model plan for practioners based on
the evaluation of the live style surveys.
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Better housing – less crime
ing out to the recreational areas.
• Good communal facilities, where residents feel like meeting each other.
• Good clear views and visibility on outside areas, car parks and stairways.
Few hiding places and good lighting.
• Clean, well-maintained surroundings.
• Secure locks and few escape routes for
an offender.
In recent years the Council has been
showing a growing interest in housing areas and what influence their
design have on crime. Many sur veys
have shown that physical settings
and local social involvement influence how much crime is committed.
Safe housing estates
Housing estates from the 60’s and 70’s in
particular were in many cases based on a
requirement to be functional. Often not
enough consideration was taken of the
well-being of the residents and opportunities for them to “take possession of the
area”. Such housing areas are characterised by anonymous, unsafe environments, which can be the root of crime and
vandalism. When these housing estates
face renovation, it can be worthwhile
thinking about crime prevention – it need
not be especially expensive or difficult.
There are many examples of housing
estates successfully creating safer environments through renovation programmes. But in most cases success depends
on to what extent the residents are involved in the process. An important prerequisite in achieving good results is in
fact that the residents are consulted –
and in this way share responsibility for
the changes.
A lot of money is used on improving problem housing estates, and for a number of
years social activities have been in special
focus in Denmark. The Crime Prevention
Council believes that the social initiatives
that have been the practice in problem
areas should, to a much greater degree, go
hand in hand with physical improvements
to which the residents have actively contributed. Social projects have poor conditions for success if the physical surroundings are unsuitable or uninviting to be in.
Through renovation, it is possible to go
a long way in reducing problems of
crime and vandalism on housing estates.
But renovation programmes need to be
planned according to a number of basic
crime prevention principles. Accordingly
in 2001 the Council published the brochure “Safe Housing Estates – Suggestions for crime prevention in renovation
programmes”. In this brochure building
societies, housing associations, municipal planning administrations and others
can get good advice on how, by simple
means, housing estates can be made
safer places to live and less obvious targets for crime.
Research into urban areas
and housing estates
The Council is involved in two research
projects that concern crime on housing
estates.
The first project has covered physical
conditions, in particular housing, around
the scene of break-ins in one particular
municipality. The main conclusions are:
• The closer the housing estate is to the
suburban line station and shopping
centre, the greater the likelihood is of
a break-in
• There is no unequivocal connection
between the frequency of break-ins in
an area and socio-economic conditions,
which are often assigned significance,
The instructions in the book are based
on the knowledge and experience that
inspiring and interesting housing estates
with good development opportunities
promote responsibility towards the
estate and other residents. In addition,
the following five elements will protect
the estate against crime as they make it
difficult for an offender to commit a
crime:
• Plenty of people about using roads,
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“Safe Housing Estates” makes
a series of suggestions for psysical improvements that can
help prevent crime and vandalism.
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Before and after a renovation:
A hard and anonymous forecourt has become more friendly.
Disorder at the bicycle park is
a sign that nobody is taking the
area in hand.
100 housing estates. In particular they
are investigating what influence these
initiatives and changes have had on both
the crime as experienced and the actual
housing-related crime over a 7-year period. When the project is complete, probably in the spring of 2003, the players
in crime prevention work in urban areas
and housing estates will have gained
valuable information on the initiatives
that have the greatest effect so that the
many initiatives can be more specifically
directed.
like the proportion of single people
with or without children, or the proportion of young people or foreigners. In
some areas that have been analysed,
there is both a high frequency of
break-ins and a large proportion of foreigners, but there are also areas with
large proportions of foreigners where
the frequency of break-ins is low
• Connection between frequency of
break-ins and ability to see over an
area. If, as a result of dense foliage,
high hedges, fences or small buildings, a third party cannot see the
actions of an offender, the likelihood
of a break-in is greater
• If a house differs from others by being
better built, better maintained and
more expensive than is normal for
the neighbourhood, the likelihood of
a break-in is greater
• The same applies if the path systems
provide suitable escape routes
• If unemployment is either very low or
of considerable proportions, the likelihood of a break-in is much greater
• If there are few people receiving state
benefits combined with few young
people under 17 years of age, the likelihood of a break-in is considerable
Urban spaces as a main theme
Over the last few years open spaces and
squares in towns have been “revitalised”
as meeting places, places to “hang around”
in and places for different activities – led in
part by the youth culture. In the Council’s
experience, urban spaces and the layout
and improvement of neighbourhoods are
valuable for the development of social
relations, individual competence, security measures and the continuing development of cultural values and qualities. A
new main theme for the Council will consequently be: “to support and develop
initiatives that can ensure a safe environment and prevent crime in urban
spaces”.
The results of this research project suggest that crime prevention work can with
advantage be applied further.
The Crime Prevention Council will be
more evidently and actively engaged in
the debate on concerted physical planning in towns as a whole. The view is
that it is necessary to think in terms of
the whole, in far-sighted, visionary perspectives in order that crime prevention
can be brought into the physical settings
in town development.
In the other research project the Crime
Prevention Council and Denmark’s
Building Research Institute are in the
process of investigating the results of different types of social initiatives and physical and organisational changes on about
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Children and Young People
fessionals to have crime prevention in
mind as soon as they become aware of
any neglect or ill-treatment. In this way,
they can intervene at an early stage,
either on their own or in co-operation
with professionals from other areas of
competence, by starting some compensatory initiatives and at the same time ensuring that opportunities exist for the child’s
optimal well-being and development.
Crime prevention work in schools
and institutions has a very important
place in the work of the Council. The
fundamental idea behind crime prevention is that if children and young
people have good opportunities for
development, there will be fewer of
them who turn to crime. Parents and
professional groups working with children and young people share responsibility for ensuring that children and
young people develop the ability to act
competently and the awareness of values that will make them reject crime
and drug abuse.
By focussing on early initiatives, it is perhaps possible to make suggestions as to
which professionals should be responsible for work with crime prevention at
various stages in the child’s life.
In the experience of the Crime Prevention Council, there is generally a lack of
in-depth theoretical knowledge about
how crime prevention can form part of
the traditional work with children and
young people. Consequently a significant
part of the Council’s work involves developing educational materials that can be
used by professionals working with children and young people.
The five theoretical contributions in
“Children of the Future” have as their
basis the following subject areas: criminology, psychology, pedagogic theory,
sociology and philosophy. It is hoped
that the knowledge, experience and suggestions, contained in the publication,
will inspire professionals to work in a
specifically directed and conscious way
with both general crime prevention and
with specific prevention in relation to
children whose upbringing and care
have been neglected.
“Children of the Future”
“Children of the Future”, a publication
from the Crime Prevention Council, gives
an idea of how work on crime prevention
can be done. Different theories are presented on the optimal conditions for children to grow up in. The publication also
contains examples of various projects
that focus on the well-being of children.
Children and young people that are not
happy and content are in fact in the risk
group for committing crime. An important task for professionals working with
children and young people is consequently to notice symptoms of unhappiness
and discontent before the children become involved in criminal behaviour or
other forms of inappropriate behaviour.
“Children of the Future”
describes in both theory and
practice how teachers and educationalists can work with
crime prevention.
… And those outside
– three educational films and accompanying notes for teachers on bullying.
For many years bullying has been regarded as an unavoidable part of school life.
But this does not need to be so. Experience from schools where work has been
consciously directed at improving the
social atmosphere shows that bullying
can be considerably reduced. And when
something is done about bullying, it appears that other problems such as vandalism, violence, petty theft and truancy are
also reduced. This is because work
against bullying is not only work against
exclusion, but it is also work for more tolerance, consideration and mutual respect.
If work is to be done on basic crime prevention, or on developing in children the
ability to act competently, it is often too
late to direct attention to children who
have already committed crime. On the
other hand, it would be desirable for pro-
In 2001 the Crime Prevention Council in
co-operation with the Council of
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As a result, the Crime Prevention Council, in cooperation with a group of visiting
police teachers, is in the process of developing a series of lesson plans for the
teaching. The material will contain various suggestions on how to organise the
teaching for children and young people
in various age groups and in various thematic contexts. The material is expected
to be ready in the autumn of 2002.
Children and Arentoft Film Company
brought out three educational films and
accompanying notes for teachers on bullying.
The films portray how school children in
different grades experience bullying others or being bullied. The notes for teachers contain a definition of bullying, a description of the signs the teacher should
be aware of in order to uncover bullying,
a short summary of each film, suggestions for questions that can be discussed
in class, suggestions for activities and
other things.
Officer Buller
Officer Buller is a dog possessing all
human characteristics in his work as
neighbourhood police officer. The cartoon figure should give visiting police
teachers in primary schools an especially
good opportunity to communicate with
the youngest pupils in various contexts.
The three documentary films are designed for different grades: “I’m upset by it”
for the youngest, “The cave and those
outside” for the middle grades and
“Good, it’ll soon be over” for the eldest.
There is no substantiated connection
between bullying and subsequent criminal behaviour. However it is known that
risk of criminal behaviour is many times
greater when pupils are not happy about
going to school. A specifically directed
initiative against bullying can at the same
time take into consideration the UN Convention on the Rights of Children, which
should secure the right of the individual
child to a worthy schooling (Article 28 of
the Convention).
Office Buller – a nice dog with human characteristics
Visiting police teachers have found the
dog to be a good starting point for a chat
with the 6-8 year-olds on various topics.
For example, Officer Buller can set the
stage for a discussion on bullying, how
people can help each other, socially acceptable behaviour, what is yours and mine
– or taken as a whole, what is good and
bad when people are together with others.
Lesson plans for police
teachers in primar y schools
In police districts across the country, a
number of police officers are involved in
educational activities with children and
young people in the cause of crime prevention. Some of these educational activities take place in schools, where police
officers come in as “visiting teachers”
over the whole course of the children’s
schooling. They teach a couple of lessons at a time in co-operation with the
schoolteachers. Themes for the teaching
can be road safety, theft and robbery,
alcohol and drugs, vandalism etc.
The Council has begun cooperation that
should lead to the production of Officer
Buller as a hand puppet, a jig-saw puzzle,
a colouring book and a picture book – up
to now he has only appeared as a cartoon
figure.
At the same time, material is being produced to enable class teachers to continue the discussions with the pupils and to
take up various problems that are presented with the parents. This could include a chat about values, awareness of
values, prioritising values, and choice
based on an ethical standpoint.
There is a great demand for visiting
police teachers who, in keeping with this
development, need up-to-date educational methods and materials.
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Prevention of Violence
will primarily give instructions on what
action to take in specific situations, but
it will also include explanatory models
from the social sciences. It is designed
for both employees and security organisations in workplaces. The handbook
will cover many particularly vulnerable
occupations such as those in transport,
public offices, social services, health
and teaching. The handbook will be
published at the end of 2002.
Stronger initiatives to combat violence have been a priority on the
political agenda for a number of
years, and in 2001 the various initiatives to prevent violence were
brought together in the Crime
Prevention Council. A Violence
Prevention Unit with four members
of staff was set up within the
Council.
The first task of the Violence Prevention
Unit was to formulate a strategy as the
basis for its work. A number of areas to
focus on were chosen:
An initiative has also been started to
prevent violence against women and violence in the home. Part of the initiative
included participation in an expert group
under the Information Centre for Equal
Opportunities. This resulted in a researchbased publication on violence and gender
in Denmark for the use of a Nordic Conference of Ministers in November 2001.
Another part of the initiative includes cooperation with the Equal Opportunities
Department and the National Organisation of Women’s Crisis Centres; the
idea is to start a debate in Denmark
on reducing the taboos that surround
violence against women.
• Alcohol-related violence
and assault by young people
• Violence against women
• Violence in the home
• Harassment in relationships
• Work-related violence
• People’s fear of violence and attack
• Special initiatives to prevent violence
in relation to ethnic minorities
• Rape and sexual assault
• Violence and aggression on the roads
In 2001 the Violence Prevention Unit
introduced a multi-faceted, long-term
initiative on the attitudes and behaviour
of young people to do with alcohol and
nights out on the town. In co-operation
with external partners, guidelines were
drawn up for bars and other licensed
premises designed to optimise safety in
the nightlife for both young people and
staff. In addition a folder has been produced “A Guide To Party Organisers” –
on how associations, outreach youth education groups and others can arrange
parties where violence and conflict are
avoided. In 2002 the initiative has been
extended with an “Alcoviolence” campaign with the slogan “Alcohol hits harder than you think”.
The brochure gives good advice
on arranging problem-free parties for large groups of young
people.
The raw material of Denmark
In 2001 the Council introduced the
campaign “The raw material of Denmark
– young people in job training” which
made a strong appeal to employers to
take social responsibility and give marginalized young people a real opportunity for a new start. The basic idea was
that young offenders should be given the
chance to get their lives on a sensible
course with a steady job and positive
prospects. The campaign material was
sent to about 30,000 small and mediumsized businesses in trade.
“Society needs everyone” says
The campaign aroused a great deal of interest – but it quickly became apparent
that greater support was needed in the
contact stage between the employers
and the young people, with monitoring
and eventually with entering into agreements between the employers and the
young people. As a result, consultant
Prevention of violence in the workplace is
another working area with high priority.
A handbook is planned for occupational
groups who often meet violence and
threats in their work. The handbook
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the text on this drawing. The
Council has launched a campaign which calls on businesses
to take social responsibility and
give marginalized young people a real chance on the labour
market.
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In addition, consideration is being given
to setting up a “Fair Fan Prize” similar to
DBU’s “Fair Play Prize” which is normally awarded to the Super League team
that over a whole season has received
the most points at evaluations. The “Fair
Fan Prize” will be awarded to the fan
club that over a season has made a positive impression on the terraces and outside the stadium.
support was purchased for the follow up
and anchoring stages.
The campaign consisted of the following:
• A homepage, www.uij.dk
• A municipal data base with contact
names and people responsible in every
municipality in the country – and with
descriptions of policies, projects and
agreements in the area
• A newsletter to be sent to those interested by e-mail
• Information folders including a printed
model for a “Collaboration Agreement”.
• A pilot project in collaboration with a
municipality on job training places for
10-12 young people in the risk group
• Contact with Hälsingborg in Sweden
who wanted inspiration for a similar
project
The task group has almost finished developing the initiative. The initiative is
supported by the Players Association,
the 12 fan clubs in the Scandinavian
Airline Systems League, the 12 SAS
League football clubs, the Danish
Referee Union and others.
“Eurofan Seminar”
The planning of the Fair Fan campaign
led to the Council being invited to take
part and make a presentation at an international seminar in Belgium on the prevention of violence at football matches.
The project was considered a success
if just one young person got a job as a
direct or indirect result of the campaign.
According to the provisional reports, this
goal has clearly been reached.
The Crime Prevention Council has also
been invited to host the next Eurofan
seminar in co-operation with the Secretariat of the Prevention of Football Violence.
Fair Fans Campaign
The Council is co-operating with SFF
(Fan Club Association of the Super
League) and the Fair Play Committee
of DBU (Danish Ball Union) on the
introduction of a campaign on “fair
play on the terraces” to influence conduct at football matches. The campaign
will make evident the opposition of the
many well-functioning fans to violence
in and around football matches. The
campaign will consist of a number of
visible elements such as banners at
stadiums, advertisements in match
programmes, fan club member magazines, T-shirts and possibly a battle
song that is played at all stadiums just
before the match and perhaps in the
break at half-time.
Work is being done to find suitable “Fan
guides” to create a safe setting for the
youngest fans when they are spectators
at the stadiums. Parents would then be
able to arrange a meeting place with the
fan guide who then takes the children to
the football match and looks after them.
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Technical security measures
driver knowing. The Council has been
involved in work with trade organisations and others in order to discuss prevention measures for the long-distance
lorry drivers.
A key area of the Council’s work is
advising on technical security measures. Technical security equipment
is used more and more to protect
people and valuables against criminal actions.
Car theft
From 2001 all new cars sold in Denmark
are supplied with immobilisers, but there
are many older cars on the road that do
not have immobilisers. This means that a
large number of cars continue to be stolen, but the number is expected to fall as
cars are gradually replaced. A remarkably large number of cars disappear totally, and it is presumed that they have
been taken out of the country. Insurance
companies have traced certain cars to
the Middle East and eastern European
countries. Work is consequently being
carried out with vehicle tracking equipment in order to retrieve these cars.
Robberies
Over the past few years there has been
a severe increase in the number of bank
robberies and post office robberies in
Denmark. Certain bank branches have
been robbed so many times that staff
have refused to work there and that has
meant closing the branches. The offenders have apparently also begun to go after
smaller sums of money and to an increasing extent have carried out robberies of
shops, supermarkets and the like. The
use of violence in connection with robberies has increased and the violence has
become more brutal. The Council has
consequently placed the prevention of
robberies high on its agenda.
CCTV Surveillance
has published a folder on
Danish attitudes to CCTV
Surveillance. It touches on the
relationship between the crime
prevention aspect of TV surveillance, on the one hand, and
that of the invasion of privacy
through being under surveillance, on the other. The survey
clearly shows that Danes accept TV surveillance in public
Neighbourhood Watch schemes
Break-ins and vandalism can be avoided
if neighbours in residential areas and
housing blocks agree to watch what is
going on in the neighbourhood and keep
an eye on each other’s homes on a daily
basis. This is the basic idea in giving
advice on Neighbourhood Watch
Schemes. The Crime Prevention Council
has given guidance to owner and tenant
associations on Neighbourhood Watch
Schemes for many years, and the concept is gradually becoming known and
acknowledged in many places.
Attacks on long-distance
lorr y drivers
Long-distance lorry drivers often run
the risk of being robbed on their way
through Europe. A survey carried out
in 2002 shows that one in four Danish
long-distance lorry drivers have been
attacked while abroad. In addition many
drivers involuntarily become drug couriers or involved in smuggling people.
This happens when the driver pulls into
a lay-by for the night. Here the drugs or
people are put on the lorry without the
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places but not in places where
it seems an invasion of privacy.
The folder has been translated
into English: “CCTV Surveillance – Between prevention
and privacy”.
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Results from Holbæk Municipality:
Big success with risk management
A risk management project in seven
municipalities has shown that a specifically directed initiative can sharply reduce break-ins, theft and vandalism in
municipal buildings.
• the loss ratio on movables / theft has fallen
by 89.21% from 1998 to 2000.
• the number of claims for movables /
theft has fallen by 33.82% from 1998
to 2000.
• an exceptionally sharp fall in the number of break-ins can be documented.
The starting point of the tasks has typically been a “Top Ten list” of reports of
break-ins, theft and vandalism in municipal buildings and institutions. The local
police have assembled the list. The “Top
Ten list” has been compared with an
overview of the claims picture from the
insurance company, after which the individual buildings have been examined
from a security measure viewpoint.
The examination is carried out by a “task
force” made up of a risk coordinator, a
consultant from the Council and often a
civil emergency leader from the technical administration of the municipality.
The leader and the caretaker of the institution are present during the examination. Here the tactical and technical security measures of the building are inspected, and advice is given on such things as
making the perimeter secure, locks and
security fittings, PC theft proofing and
security marking, and alarms.
Results from
Hundested Municipality:
an exceptionally sharp fall in the number
of break-ins can be documented:
1998: 46 break-ins
1999: 39 break-ins
2000: 14 break-ins
2001: 1 break-ins
Figures for 2001 refer to the period 1/1 – 31/5
Results from Hundested Municipality
50
46
break-ins
39
break-ins
40
30
20
14
break-ins
10
It has been an important factor that the
“task force” has gained basic information
about technical and tactical security
measures. The objective has been that
from now on they will be able to do specific follow-up work and evaluation and
to a certain degree be resourceful in
other, lesser tasks concerning security
measures for the municipal buildings.
1
break-ins
0
1998
1999
2000
2001
Feedback from the municipalities in the
project has been very positive regarding
the form and organisation of the work.
The municipalities can document a sharp
fall in insurance claims and compensation, and the project can be described as
extremely successful.
Risk management pays
Municipalities that have taken specific
measures against break-ins, theft and
vandalism in municipal buildings report
a sharp fall in insurance claims and compensation.
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The amount of compensation in
Danish Kroner paid out over the
years:
1998: 82 claims - DKK 489,203 paid out
2001: 38 claims - DKK 0 paid out
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Results from
Frederiksværk Municipality:
the amount of compensation
in Danish Kroner paid out over the years:
500.000
Results from Frederiksværk Municipality
489,203 kr.
700.000
400.000
82 claims
55 claims
600.000
38 claims
500.000
300.000
400.000
39 claims
300.000
200.000
153,356 kr.
147,163 kr.
200.000
100.000
100.000
0 kr.
0
1998
1999
2000
0
2001
1998
1999
2000
2001
A fall from 1998 to 2001 of 20.8% in payments and 53.7% in the number of
claims. Fewer break-ins but larger compensation payments in connection with claims
where there are poor security measures.
The results from the municipalities cannot be directly compared because the
analyses and handling of figures have
been made in different ways. However,
the figures from the various places do
send a clear message: risk management
pays.
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Other activities
to a great extent, opened up new possibilities for work with their pupils. This
was in part due to an increased awareness of the consequences various forms
of communication have; and in part it
was due to the course enhancing their
ability to act as mediators in minor and
serious conflicts.
The ability of children and adults
to face conflict and resolve it in an
appropriate way is at the heart of
two major development projects in
the Council. “The social life of the
school” is about improving the social
climate in schools, and “Restorative
justice” is about giving victim and
offender a chance to talk through
what happened.
The teachers are now in the process of
trying out the subject matter and tools
from the course with their pupils so that
by working together they can gradually
integrate aspects of competent conduct
into the culture of the school.
The social life of the school
Well-being at school is an essential precondition for the well-being of children
in general. The two-year project “The
social life of the school” should give pupils better opportunities to share responsibility for well-being and fellowship in
the classroom by learning how to deal
with everyday conflicts in a constructive
way. A good social base in school can
lay the foundations of a good, profitable
learning environment for many pupils.
The objective is to develop competent
conduct in pupils – the effect of which
objective reaches out beyond the school.
The experience gained in the project
period will form the basis of inspiration
material, which is expected to be ready
at the turn of the year 2002/2003. The
material can be used by schools who
would like to work in a more specific
way with the social life of the school.
Victim-Offender Mediation (VOM)
Three police districts in Denmark are
taking part in a trial scheme with VOM
in which victim and offender meet face
to face and – supported by a mediator –
talk through what happened. The trial
period formally ends in June 2002, after
which the Danish parliament must decide whether the scheme is to continue
– and possibly made permanent and
Teachers and SFO educationalists at
three trial schools have taken a training
course where they have worked with
handling conflict, mediating in schools,
communication and setting social limits.
It quickly became apparent during the
course that teachers found the training,
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a chat site for the first time alone. But
things go wrong for some children anyway. So the objective was to encourage
parents to talk to their children about the
advice so that good habits are developed.
A small survey was made on the campaign’s home page for safe chatting in
the first two weeks after it was set up.
In this survey, over half of the 2,753 children and young people under 18 years of
age stated that when chatting they had
had unpleasant experiences in the form
of sexual comments or offers of sex. 5%
stated that they had had an unpleasant
experience when they met a friend from
a chat site.
nationwide. VOM is a suppliment to
ordinary legal Prosecution.
In the four-year trial period, more than
130 cases have been mediated, and the
results are promising. A midway-evaluation shows that 9 out of 10 people who
have taken part in VOM and have filled
in a questionnaire consider it to have
been successful or very successful.
VOM can play a part in helping victims
to get on with their lives after being subjected to a crime, and offenders are
offered a chance to lighten up their
consciences and atone.
On an international level, mediation in
Penal matters has been in focus for
many years. The Council of the European Union has made a framework decision on the position of victims. According to this, member countries should
seek to promote mediation in Penal matters in offences where it is considered
appropriate. The decision must be incorporated into national legislation before
22 March 2006.
Surveys from the USA and England
show that 20% of children who chat are
offered sex or experience some other
form of harassment on the internet.
MODELFOTO
CAMILLA 12 ÅR:
”SKAL VI MØDES?”
Det er sjovt at møde andre unge på nettet. Det er bare ikke dem alle, der er lige sjove i virkeligheden.
Det er dig, der bestemmer!
www.sikkerchat.dk
Elements of the Safe Chatting campaign:
• Folders for parents (distributed to all
children in Grades 5 – 9)
• The home page www.sikkerchat.dk
with information for both children
and adults
• Newspaper advertisements
• Radio spots – broadcast on various
youth channels
• Co-operation with chat site providers
to publicise the rules
• Posters for schools, libraries and
internet cafes.
The EU framework decision is based,
among other things, on the recommendation of the Council of Europe on mediation in Penal matters from 1999. The
recommendation has been translated
into Danish by the Crime Prevention
Council so it can be included in the parliamentary discussions on the future of
VOM in Denmark when the trial period
ends in 2002.
The Safe Chat campaign
includes folders, posters and
postcards. On the picture it
says: “Camilla, 12 years old –
Shall we meet?” The subheading is: “It’s fun meeting other
young people on the internet,
it’s just that not all of them are
fun in reality”.
In the summer of 2002, the campaign
has been supplemented with educational
materials for schoolteachers and youth
club leaders who would like to take the
subject up with children. The materials
include task sheets and sound spots with
true stories.
Safe Chat
The safety of children when chatting
on the internet was the subject of a
campaign developed for the first time
in the year 2000. The first materials
were for children and were designed to
teach them some basic rules for avoiding unpleasant situations after chatting.
Later the campaign was extended in cooperation with Save The Children
Denmark – this time to inform parents
how they could encourage their children
in good chatting habits. Many children
know the rules for safe chatting which
include such things as not giving personal details and not meeting a friend from
The first Safe Chat campaign
from year 2000 was made to
teach children some basic chat
rules.
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The Council at festivals
For the last two years, the Crime Prevention Council has been invited to Roskilde Music Festival in order to advise on
crime prevention. In addition to attracting
young people in party spirits, such festivals unfortunately also attract various
forms of criminal activity.
neighbouring tent to keep an eye on the
area while you yourself are at the festival
ground.
The Council recommendations to the festival committee are thus chiefly concerned
with getting the festival guests themselves
to be better at looking after their property.
The arrangers can help with this, for example by selling money belts, neck purses
and small padlocks for tents with the tickets. Information can also be displayed on
the large screens and information boards,
showing how to avoid being robbed and
being a victim of other crimes. The Council is working on plans to extend the recommendations to other festivals.
Theft from tents has been one of the
main problems, which the festival committee would like to do something about.
Festival guests are consequently urged
not to leave money, credit cards or mobile
phones in their tents. The Council has
at the same time tried to sell the idea of
“Neighbourhood Watch” in the camping
area – the idea is to get people in the
Fred’s fencing shop
– a campaign to prevent handling of stolen goods
To fight the crime of handling stolen goods
(“fencing”) which is an increasing problem
in Denmark, the Crime Prevention Council, the Danish Insurance Association and
the police joined forces and launched the
campaign Fred’s Fencing Shop.
The campaign was quite intensive and
visible, and its obvious humour and
irony certainly made an impact through
TV spots, bus streamers, posters inside
the buses, a door-to-door distributed
newspaper, free postcards displayed in
bars, cafés etc., and video monitors
placed in shops and banks. In addition
Fred had, and still has, his own home
page: www.henrys.dk*), just as the “fencing” shop – an old caravan painted black
– was parked in several places around
town during the campaign.
The campaign aimed at changing the
attitude and behaviour of the primary
target group, consisting of adults between 25 and 50 years of age, and the
secondary target group, young people.
The purpose was to engage people in
discussions about morality, theft and
“fencing” thereby creating an understanding of how “fencing” relates to theft.
Staff from the Crime Prevention Council,
the Danish Insurance Association and the
local police all took turns manning the
caravan in order to respond to enquiries
and to debate the issue of “fencing” with
the citizens in the two cities, Aalborg and
Aarhus, covered so far by the campaign.
Fred and his “fencing” shop was the
symbol which, with a touch of humour
as well as a serious undertone, should
attract the desired publicity and attention. Instead of reprimanding the public,
the campaign invited people to reflect
upon their own experiences with episodes involving handling of stolen goods.
*) In Danish, Fred is called Henry
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Phone (+45) 43 44 88 88
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Crime Prevention in Denmark

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