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The program aims to improve local crime prevention.

Challenges arising from migration situation Crime prevention review 2016 The review assessed what kind of impacts the migration situation has on safety. The crime prevention review 2016 focused on a theme that was highly topical in Finland that ye...

The Council appointed a working group to drew up a review charting the current forms and frequency of fraud offences in Finland and examining the possible means to prevent them.

The safety questionnaire directed to residents can be used in planning local crime prevention work.

The Institute of Criminology and Legal Policy at the University of Helsinki has developed a database for collecting and summarizing all existent national evaluation research on crime preventative measures on the behalf of the Research Division of the Council.

The Council for Crime Prevention and particularly its Youth and Gang Division assist the Ministry in non-legislative matters. The Division promotes the implementation of the measures under the responsibility of the Council and the Ministry of Justice. It may also carry out other tasks related to the prevention of youth and gang crime unless their significance requires submission to the full Council.

The European Crime Prevention Award is monitored by the European Crime Prevention Network (EUCPN). Member countries participate with their best national crime prevention projects, concentrating on a theme which changes annually.

21.10.2025 | REPORTS AND GUIDELINES 55 2016 Working Together for Safer and More Secure Communities National Crime Prevention Programme Working Together for Safer and More Secure Communities National Crime Prevention Programme Reports and guidelines 55/2016 ISS...

21.10.2025 | REPORTS AND GUIDELINES 55 2016 Working Together for Safer and More Secure Communities National Crime Prevention Programme Working Together for Safer and More Secure Communities National Crime Prevention Programme Reports and guidelines 55/2016 ISS...

20.8.2025 | RJ Nord Expert Seminar: Restorative Justice and Practice in the Nordic Region 12–14.5.2025 Country-specific overview on the theme: Contemporary societal trends such as polarization and increased crime – potential and role for restorative justice? ...

21.10.2025 | WORKING TOGETHER FOR A SAFE SOCIETY The National Crime Prevention Program Ministry of Justice The National Council for Crime Prevention Finland FOREWORD The Council of State of Finland took a decision in principle on a national crime prevention pr...

21.10.2025 | 1 Government Resolution on the action plan to prevent and tackle youth and gang-related crimes (2024–2027) Contents 1. GOVERNMENT PROGRAMME ENTRY AND PREPARATION OF THE ACTION PLAN ..................................... 1 2. YOUTH CRIME CONCERNS: V...

21.10.2025 | 1 Government Resolution on the action plan to prevent and tackle youth and gang-related crimes (2024–2027) Contents 1. GOVERNMENT PROGRAMME ENTRY AND PREPARATION OF THE ACTION PLAN ..................................... 1 2. YOUTH CRIME CONCERNS: V...

31.1.2018 | Fraud prevention requires cooperation and spreading information Publication date 31.1.2018 13.48 Type: Press release The number of fraud offences has been increasing drastically in the 2010s both in Finland and in many other European countries. Ac...

24.11.2016 | The National Crime Prevention Programme entitled Working Together for Safer and More Secure Communities, prepared by the National Council for Crime Prevention, aims to promote local cooperation to reduce and prevent crime and the harm caused by it as well as the risk of becoming a victim of crime. We can all take part in preventing crime and increasing safety and security in our communities.

14.11.2017 | Neighbourhood help working group & guidelines in a nutshell. 23.5.2014 European neighbours´day in Helsinki Juha in memoriam Increasing the good will decrease the bad Neighbourhood help working group (2012-2014) set up by the Council for Crime Prev...

21.10.2025 | NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR REDUCING VIOLENCE IN FINLAND (Summary) 2 Contents 1. The Principles of the programme 2. Finnish Violence 2.1 The prevalence of violence in Finland – international comparisons 2.2 The development of violence in Finland 2.3 Al...

27.6.2014 | Crime prevention at its best is created by increasing a sense of community and neighbourhood help, in which trust and interaction are essential. The working group on neighborhood help released their guidelines on May 23rd, which is the European Neighbours` Day. The group stated that safety is primarily created through trust and interaction instead of barbwires and surveillance cameras.

7.7.2014 | A summary of the council's annual report 2013

14.11.2017 | 2014-09-26 1 www.socav.gu.se Thomas Jordan Associate professor, Senior Lecturer Department of sociology and work science Gothenburg university www.socav.gu.se Crime and public safety issues are often "wicked issues" "Wicked issues": • Are formed b...