The prevention of youth crime through local cooperation with the involvement of the police - A pilot study.

The pilot study aims to identify EU good practices regarding local cooperation, with the involvement of the police to prevent youth crime. The purpose of the study is to know what kind of local cooperation involving the police exists in the EU Member States to prevent youth crime and which of these are effective in preventing youth crime (i.e. what works). The projects that were identified are divided according to the risk factor prevention paradigm (individual/peer, school, family and community). The pilot study concludes that despite the abundance of local cooperation forms, it is almost impossible to know which types of local cooperation are effective, due to a lack of solid monitoring and evaluating of inter-agency work in crime prevention

Community (oriented) policing in Europe: concepts, theory and practice

This second toolbox in the series published by the EUCPN Secretariat focuses on the main theme of the Cyprus Presidency, which is community policing. The theme is explored and elaborated in four different ways, through: a theoretical paper; a survey among the European Member States on the organisation of community policing in their country, followed by an in-depth discussion during two round table sessions; a workshop/ seminar with various experts and a particular focus on radicalisation, or which role community policing can play in the prevention of radicalisation, which is an important European issue and priority; and finally, a bundling of this year’s European Crime Prevention Award’s (ECPA) entries as a list of examples of good practices across Europe

European Crime Prevention Monitor 2013/1: Priorities in crime prevention policies across Europe

In the European Crime Prevention Monitor 2012/2 (EUCPN, 2012b), the EUCPN Secretariat collected information from the Member States on their main priorities in the crime prevention policy/strategy in their countries. Obviously, each country has its own strategy and approach regarding crime prevention. Whereas some countries pay specific attention to certain crime types in their prevention strategy, others – like e.g., the Czech Republic, Denmark and the United Kingdom – have a broad and general preventative approach at the national level, with more room to focus on local crime prevention priorities. Overall, the crime types which were considered most in the various prevention policies are: 1. Property crimes (i.e. burglaries, theft); 2. Crimes against the person (i.e. violence, domestic violence); 3. Juvenile delinquency; 4. Drug use; and 5. Violent crime. In this third Monitor, we will have a closer look at some of these crime types which are currently prioritised by the Member States and which were identified in the previous Monitor (EUCPN, 2012b). For this, we will draw upon some of the findings of the International Crime Victimization Survey of 2005 and 2010 (ICVS), Eurostat’s Statistics in Focus 2013, the Statistical Bulletin 2013 of the European Monitoring Centre for Drug and Drug Addiction and the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs 2011 (ESPAD)

Tackling domestic violence in the EU - Policies & practices

This thematic paper is a general introduction to the theme of domestic violence and violence against women. It is written in the framework of the fourth EUCPN Toolbox1. The paper builds on existing research and provides information on how legislative and policy measures are developed in the EU and its Member States to prevent and combat domestic violence against women. It includes the legislative and policy measures which set the framework in which national and local actors (NGOs, civil society, government administrations,…) need to work. At the same time, it wants to highlight the important work which is being done by other European organizations, such as the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), the European Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the Women against Violence Europe (WAVE). The paper is primarily written for local policy-makers and practitioners who may be confronted with these issues in their daily work

European Crime Prevention Monitor 2014/1: Measuring corruption in the EU

In this fifth monitor the European Crime and Prevention Network focusses on corruption. Corruption is estimated to cost the EU economy 120 billion EUR per year. It does not only hamper economic development, but also undermines democracy, and damages social justice and the rule of law in general (European Commission, 2014). It is a broad, complex and multifaceted phenomenon, which covers a wide range of phenomena. Therefore it is not easy to get an overview of the phenomenon. To amend this, this monitor report provides an overview of the relevant existing data available on corruption at the EU level and also focuses on the main trends and levels of perceptions, experiences and recorded levels of corruption in the EU Member States

Evaluation of crime prevention initiatives

This third toolbox in the series published by the EUCPN Secretariat focuses on the main theme of the Irish Presidency, which is the evaluation of crime prevention initiatives. The theme is explored and elaborated in various ways through: a literature review; two workshops with international experts and practitioners during which the strengths and weaknesses of programme evaluation were discussed in detail; a screening of existing guidelines and manuals on evaluation; and finally, a call which was launched by the EUCPN Secretariat to the Member States to collect some practices on the evaluation of crime prevention initiatives

Local cooperation in youth crime prevention

This toolbox is a start up of a series of instruments published every six months, by the EUCPN Secretariat supporting local practitioners and policy makers. This first toolbox looks at ‘local cooperation in youth crime prevention’ and consists of three parts. A study, a manual and factsheets. The different tools have different support functions but together they build a compact and supportive instrument for the work on local cooperation in youth crime prevention. The tools are created in collaboration with various EU experts through reviews and expert focus groups

European Crime Prevention Monitor 2013/2: Measuring and tackling domestic violence in the EU

In this fourth European Crime Prevention Monitor report, the focus is put on the main theme of the Lithuanian Presidency “Prevention in Domestic Violence”. Since this is an important topic, which is closely monitored by various organizations at the EU level, external contributions were made to this report by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE). In their contributions they highlight their work and the recent efforts they have done to improve data collection and information exchange on domestic violence against women at the European level. Furthermore, based on the 2012 country report of Women against Violence Europe (WAVE), an overview is given on which type of data (survey data, national criminal and criminal justice data and healthcare system statistics) are collected and made publically available within the EU Member States. Also, some results of the 1999 and 2010 surveys of the Eurobarometer – and of the recently published FRA data – are discussed on the knowledge of European citizens on the existence of policy and legal measures to prevent and combat domestic violence against women in their country and at the EU level. In a final paragraph, some challenges related to the existing data and data collection on domestic violence are listed

Evaluation of crime prevention initiatives: the principles of evaluation

The fifth thematic paper in the series published by the EUCPN Secretariat in collaboration with the Irish Presidency, focuses on the theme of evaluation. It is written in the framework of the third EUCPN Toolbox on the same theme. The toolbox is developed to assist people engaged in evaluation who have limited resources, who often lack the internal expertise to conduct a robust evaluation or who have limited access to information and external support. The aim of this instrument is to develop more insight in ‘how and why’ to evaluate and to provide a minimum standard of knowledge and skills who are (about to be) involved in programme evaluation of small scale community-based crime prevention initiatives. Attention is paid to the planning of an evaluation, the data collection and analyses, and the communication of results. This thematic paper aims to be a general introduction to the principles of evaluation based on existing academic literature and provides more detailed information about the second part of the toolbox, the practical guidelines. It is recommended to read the thematic paper in conjunction with the guidelines in the toolbox

Advies in dossier staatloosheid palestina

Appellant dient derhalve erkend te worden als staatloze, aangezien hij voldoet aan de voorwaarden van artikel 1 Staatlozenverdrag: - Ten eerste, Palestina is tot op heden geen staat, aangezien zij niet beschikt over een permanente bevolking, noch over een afgebakend grondgebied of een effectieve regering. Daarenboven heeft zij ook niet de capaciteit om internationale relaties aan te gaan, en werd zij niet universeel erkend als staat. - Ten tweede, is er geen Palestijnse nationaliteitswet van kracht. Op dit moment zijn er namelijk geen gezaghebbende bronnen die het verwerven of verliezen van de Palestijnse nationaliteit reguleren. Een nationaliteitswetgeving moet steeds duidelijk aantonen wie de nationaliteit kan verkrijgen, hoe die verkregen wordt, en hoe die verloren kan worden. - Ten derde, kan een Palestijn niet gekwalificeerd worden als ‘onderdaan’. Er zijn enkele minimumrechten die geassocieerd worden met het onderdaan zijn, namelijk het recht van de onderdanen om zich vrijelijk te verplaatsen op het grondgebied van de Staat, alsook het recht om hun verblijfplaats daar vrij te kiezen en het recht om naar eigen land terug te keren. Zoals aangetoond kan Palestina deze rechten niet garanderen in de Gazastrook of in de Westelijke Jordaanoever, inclusief Oost-Jeruzalem. Niet enkel deze minimumrechten, maar ook de rechtshandhaving faalt en kan de Palestijnse burgers geen effectieve bescherming bieden. Zolang deze minimumrechten niet kunnen gegarandeerd worden aan individuele onderdanen, kunnen Palestijnen niet gezien worden als onderdaan van de Palestijnse staat. Het is evenwel belangrijk dit geval per geval meer in detail te gaan bekijken