EUCPN Newsletter December 2012

This Newsletter is a platform for policymakers, practitioners and everyone who is interested in crime prevention. We are interested in your news, research, good practices and experiences on crime prevention in the Member States and in Europe. Please send your documents in English language accompanied by an abstract of 100-150 words to [email protected].

Specific topics

• Introduction to the theme of the present issue • Feedback on EUCPN activities and related events • Research and publications

• Good practices in Member States • Member States' policies • Upcoming events • Preview

Introduction to the theme of the present issue

Dear all,

The Presidency of the EUCPN is closing in. After six months of hard and productive work, Cyprus hands over the Presidency of the EUCPN to the next Presidency of the Council of the EU, Ireland. In the framework of the “Trio” topic, (Poland, Denmark and Cyprus) “Against Crime for Safer Society, for Safer Youth”, the Cyprus Presidency of the EUCPN focused on

“Community Policing, Domestic Violence, Juvenile Delinquency, the Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Property and Burglaries”. Relevant World Cafes and Workshops were organized during the EUCPN Board, in September and December 2012 in and , Cyprus. Moreover, the BPC – ECPA 2012 was organized in Nicosia, Cyprus on the 4th and 5th of December 2012, with the topic “Community Policing as a tool for Crime Prevention, related to Burglaries, Domestic Violence and Juvenile Delinquency”. Prior to this, a JURY Meeting took place on the 13th and 14th November 2012, in Nicosia, Cyprus. The Cyprus Presidency is certain that the next Presidency of the EUCPN, Ireland will continue the work done by the previous “Trio”. Taking this opportunity, we would like to thank the “Trio” countries, Poland and Denmark for their excellent cooperation. We would also like to thank the Member States and the other stakeholders of the EUCPN for their effective participation and contribution to the discussions of the various topics of the Agendas of the EUCPN Meetings, which took place in Cyprus. Special thanks to the Secretariat of the Network for their invaluable assistance. Moreover, the Chair would like to thank the Cyprus EUCPN Team for their professionalism and dedication to the success of the Cyprus Presidency goals. The Chair wishes to all of you, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2013, with health and joy throughout! Dr. Panayiotis Nicolaides, Chair EUCPN

Feedback on EUCPN activities and related events

FEEDBACK ON EUCPN ACTIVITIES Best Practice Conference 2012 The Best Practice Conference 2012, within the theme ‘Community Policing as a tool for Crime Prevention related to Burglaries, Domestic Violence and Juvenile Delinquency', started with an official opening of the conference by the Chief of Cyprus , Mr. Michail Papageorgiou. Next, five plenary sessions took place. Lieutenant Marzena Kordaczuk-Wąs (PL) presented 'Community Policing as a tool for Crime Prevention related to Juvenile Delinquency'. The presentation by B’ Costas Veis (Cyprus police) dealt with 'Community Policing as a tool for Crime Prevention related to Domestic Violence'. The presentation by Dr. Peter Kruize (DK) was about 'Community Policing as tool for Crime Prevention related to Burglaries'. Prof. Dr. Els Enhus (BE) presented 'Preventing radicalization by community policing: a complex and fragile process'. The last presentation, by Prof. Dr. Bernhard Frevel (DE), dealt with 'Community Policing as a tool for Crime Prevention' 'Cooperative Security Policy in the City'. In the afternoon, three workshops were organised concerning burglaries, domestic violence and bullying in schools / juvenile delinquency where ECPA projects and additional projects could be presented. In the evening, the ECPA ceremony took place and the three winners were awarded. On the second day the three winners got the chance to present their project and in the afternoon there was a presentation about a neighbourhood watch project.

European Crime Prevention Award 2012 - Three nominees 22 Member States submitted projects within the theme of this year ‘Community Policing as a tool for Crime Prevention related to Burglaries, Domestic Violence and Juvenile Delinquency'. The projects were presented in three thematic workshops. Two additional projects were presented as well. The 2012 ECPA was awarded to the Danish entry: ‘Your police officer'. The delegation received a cheque of 10,000 euro. The jury elected the project for several reasons. First of all, this project is complex and very closely related to the theme of community policing. It represents clear and simple community policing: trust from the community and policing with public cooperation. It is very well implemented and very well managed, even down to the micro-level, which makes it very transferrable to another context. The target group is very good, as well as the level of collaboration across groups. The evaluation of the project is really well built, with use of the Safety Index, which is a recognized tool. The other two projects that were awarded were the Swedish project: Neighbourhood watch in multi-family dwellings and the Estonian entry: Web-constable. These projects both received a check of 5,000 euro.

To read more about the winning project and the other projects, click here.

FEEDBACK ON OTHER RELATED EVENTS First Expert Group on European Crime Statistics In October the first meeting of the Expert Group on European Crime statistics took place in Brussels. The tasks of this group are to: (a) assist the Commission in establishing cooperation between Member States and other related organisations and bodies in implementing the EU Action Plan 2011-2015 on measuring crime and criminal justice; (b) assist the Commission in identifying the policy needs for indicators and data on crime at EU level; (c) assist the Commission in developing common indicators; (d) advise the Commission on relevant research and development needs or results to be taken into account in the work to implement the EU Action Plan 2011-2015; (e) advise the Commission on collaboration with representatives from the private and academic sectors or other relevant sectors in order to include relevant knowledge and experience in the work to implement the EU Action Plan 2011-2015; and (f) bring about an exchange of experience and good practice in the field of crime statistics and in particular in the development of common indicators and the collection of comparable data. The tasks will be mainly advisory. A meeting will be held every year in October and subgroups could be created, e.g. on money laundering or on trafficking in human beings.

Third meeting of the Informal Network on the administrative approach to prevent and fight organised crime

This meeting took place in Brussels and was organised by Cyprus' Presidency and co- hosted by the European Commission. Topics of the meeting were metal theft and cargo theft, two types of crime often related to itinerant crime groups (MOCG - Mobile Organised Crime Groups). presented on the launch of the European Platform of Experts (EPE) as a tool for the exchange of knowledge within the Network. The EUCPN Secretariat presented on EUCPN's activities and achievements. In addition, a range of expert presentations have been held, such as: MOCG as a priority of the EU Policy Cycle (EMPACT); Theft of precious metals and their cross border resell (ST Elois, Union du commerce de l'horlogerie, bijouterie, joaillerie, orfèvrerie et accessoires); The POL-PRIMETT project (Police private solutions to fight metal theft – funded by the European Commission/DG HOME (ISEC programme), including police forces and partners from IT, BG, UK, ES and GR and private sector stakeholders); Cargo theft in Europe (International Road Union - IRU); Initiatives taken by the European Commission (DG MOVE on rolling out non- enforcement solutions to prevent and fight cargo theft, including the Label project and the Intelligent Transport System, based on Directive 2010/1040, which defines a specific action for the provision of information services for safe and secure parking for trucks and commercial vehicles.); Itinerant crime in France (Office Centrale de lutte contre la délinquance itinérante). Next meeting will be organised by the European Commission and the Irish Presidency in late spring 2013.

Annual conference of the European Society of Criminology With a very wide focus on seven main topics (Traditional and new forms of crime and deviance, Punishment and its alternatives, Victims and victimization, Crime prevention, Crime and society, Criminal justice and human rights, and Criminological theory, research and education), results were presented and discussed in over 150 panel sessions with four to five speakers in each session. In total, four plenary sessions were organized during the course of the two and a half day conference, with each one or two speakers. These keynote speaches were delivered by Juán-Luís Gómez Colomer (Private criminal justice and the new criminal process), William Schabas (The myths and the realities of transitional justice), José Luis De La Cuesta Arzamendi (Strengthening peace and the memory of the victims of terrorism: efforts and perspectives in the basque country), Kritiina Kangaspunta (Women’s involvement in : A global perspective), Renée Römkens (European paradoxes. A Regional perspective on legal developments in violence against women as a crime or a human rights violation), Robert Weisberg (Defining “corruption” in white collar crime – a legal and philosophical challenge), and José Luis Díz-Ripollés (Criminal law-making policy v. corrections policy: The case of the spanisch prison penalty). Finally, over 40 posters were presented in various topics by researchers from all over Europe. To read more, click here.

European Conference on Domestic Violence The aims of this conference were to present the results of the European project 'From a chain, break the circle'. The project gives a conceptual and strategic framework for using multi-agency collaboration to tackle domestic violence. By presenting a guide and an e- learning module, both with a phased entry plan, this project wants to translate that framework into practical and operational information for practitioners on how to initiate and organize multi-agency collaboration. These contain three different multi-agency scenarios and several examples of good practice. To read more, click here. EFUS – ‘Security, Democracy and Cities: The Future of Prevention The fifth international conference of the European Forum for Urban Security ‘Security, Democracy and Cities: The Future of Prevention’, took place in the cities of Aubervilliers and Saint-Denis, France from 12-14 December 2012. There were representatives from over 150 cities in Europe and the rest of the world represented. The main topic was the exchange of practices, experience and knowledge on crime prevention in Europe and around the world. There were plenary sessions, panel sessions, an exhibition area, field visits, and several sessions about actions, projects, tools or studies relating to an innovative approach in the field of urban security. The last day there was the adoption of the Manifesto and a closing session. The Chair of the EUCPN, Dr. Panayiotis Nicolaides, after a formal invitation, attended the conference, where he briefly presented the Future of Crime Prevention – Recommendations for the Future and the BPC/ ECPA 2012 results. To read more, click here.

Research and publications

EUCPN Toolbox 1 - 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. To read the toolbox, click here.

The 2012 International Report on Crime Prevention and Community Safety - ICPC The ICPC’s 2012 International Report on Crime Prevention and Community Safety presents key subjects on the international agenda regarding crime and violence, highlighting forms in which prevention can address these issues to generate more resilient and cohesive communities around the world. The third edition of the Report focuses on five topics of significance for crime prevention policymaking at the international level: Human Trafficking, Informal Settlements, Post-Conflict and Post- Disaster Areas, Drug Production in Developed Countries and ICPC’s own Global Survey on Safety in Cities. It analyses these issues from the prevention perspective and contributes to the larger debate on responses to crime. The third edition of its International Report is in English, French and Spanish and, for the first time, an Executive Summary in 8 languages is available. For more information, click here.

The 2012 Annual report on the state of the drugs problem in Europe - EMCDDA The report on the state of the drugs problem in Europe presents the EMCDDA's yearly overview of the drug phenomenon. This is an essential reference book for policymakers, specialists and practitioners in the drugs field or indeed anyone seeking the latest findings on drugs in Europe. Published every autumn, the report contains non-confidential data supported by an extensive range of figures. The report is available in 22 languages. For more information, click here.

Fear of crime in South Eastern Europe This special issue is a comprehensive comparative study on fear of crime in the capital cities of the republics of former Yugoslavia. This issue begins with an article providing an overview of a comparative study on fear of crime in six capital cities (Ljubljana, Zagreb, Sarajevo, Belgrade, Skopje and Pristine). In the second article, the most relevant research on fear of crime in Slovenia are outlined and it is reflected on the results from the 2009 survey on fear of crime in Ljubljana. The third article, examines the relationship between, gender, incivilities and past victimization. In the fourth article, the situation regarding fear of crime in Sarajevo from the neighbourhood disorder perspective is studied. The fifth article, examines the nature and intensity of fear of crime for inhabitants of the city of Skopje. To read the articles, click here.

ROMANIA Research on sexual crimes against minors In Romania, sexual crimes have been scarcely tackled in criminological studies so that, at present, there has only been disparate data and statistics regarding this type of crime. In the context of accurate information being the basis to ensure efficient preventive endeavours as well as having in view the fact that the prevention of sexual crimes against minors is one of the priorities of the in the field of crime prevention, The Crime Research and Prevention Institute has conducted a research on the detailed characteristics of sexual crimes against minors. To read the research, click here.

DENMARK New report on tertiary prevention In November, the research division of the Danish Ministry of Justice published a literature study on risk factors, and on effective tertiary methods, which is to say methods and initiatives aimed at perpetrators. The study also addresses cost-benefit, and discusses the hard decisions to be made when making cost-benefit analyses of the costs of crime. How much cost to include and from how early on should you measure the effect of prevention? Needless to say, if you prevent all problem behavior the amount saved is incredibly large. For further information, contact Tanja Tambour Jørgensen at [email protected].

New guide with recommendations on mentoring and leisure-time activities. The guide is based on the report ’The effect of mentoring and leisure-time activities for youth at risk. The guide collects a number of recommendations for decision makers and professionals who work with children and youth at risk. The recommendations are based on a systematic collection of knowledge on mentoring and leisure-time activities direct or indirect effect on troublesome behavior and crime – also including group related. To read the original report, click here. For further information concerning the guide, contact Henriette Nobilii Cristensen at [email protected]

ITALY First National Report on Juvenile Penal Mediation and Day of Study In October 2012, the first national report on juvenile penal mediation treated by the Department of Juvenile Justice was published. This report aims to provide an initial analysis of active experiences in Italy and promotes a comparison of practicable actions to enhance the implementation in Italy of the instruments of restorative justice. In November 2012, a day of study was organized within the theme between the criminal procedure law and Juvenile Mediation: the project Monitoring-in net of the Department of Juvenile Justice" To read more, click here.

GERMANY Cooperative security policy in the City (KoSiPol) Organisations working in cooperation (crime prevention boards, law-enforcement or other public-private partnerships) in crime prevention are becoming increasingly significant in the shaping of local security. While the basic structure and areas of involvement of these organisations is, through various studies, relatively well known these days, there has been little research on their internal organisational structure. At the heart of this project were questions about the internal structures, the formations of networks as well as the processes involved in shaping opinions and making decisions. To read more, click here.

Good practices in Member States

SPAIN Internet safety campaign with the champions of the Spanish football team. The and the Spanish football team, champion of Europe and the world, have launched a campaign on social networking services for the safe use of the Internet. Under the slogan ‘Champion… also on Internet safety’ each football player gives advice for the safe use of the Internet and social networks. The champions have recorded their tips in a video that police circulated through its channels and social networking profiles. Additionally, players have talked with police officers about surfing the Net practices and guidelines used by them for security and privacy on the Internet. The campaign to raise public awareness to use the Internet properly begins with the piece of advice ‘On the Internet, as in football, surf and mix with the others using your head. Keep your privacy and pay attention to your safety, always’. The tips of the football players such representative of the Spanish football team and the use of the Internet and social networking services – the football players add up more than 6 million followers in their official Twitter profiles and the Spanish Police is the second in the world with more followers on Twitter after the American FBI – will display on the Police channel in Youtube (www.youtube.com / police) and on its pages in Facebook, Twitter and Tuenti. To read more, click here.

IRELAND Community Policing in Ireland: e-Newsletter "Community Times" In 2011, the first public version (both in Irish & English) of the e-Newsletter "Community Times" was placed on the website of An Garda Síochána (Ireland’s police force) (www.garda.ie). The newsletter, which is created in-house by the National Community Policing Office, is released on a quarterly basis. In addition to posting it on the Garda Website, the National Community Policing Office sends it to various community groups, Neighbourhood Watch and Community Alert representatives nationwide. The newsletter aims to inform the public and Garda members of Garda community-based initiatives taking place around the country. It also updates Garda personnel on best practices in Community Policing. These examples of good practice in crime prevention are added to a permanent database of ‘Good Practice Initiatives’ for use by Community Policing Units throughout Ireland. To read more, click here.

BELGIUM Administrative approach to address theft of old metals and precious metals Belgium developed an administrative approach to address theft of old metals (f.i. copper) and precious metals (f.i. gold, silver and platinum). The approach obliges the registration and identification of resellers of old and/or precious metals. The registration and identification is accompanied by a law and two Royal Decrees:

 The law dated 29 December 2010 containing various provisions: identification and registration obligation when purchasing old metals and noble metals.  The Royal Decree dated 24 May 2011 regarding the identification and obligation modalities when purchasing old metals.  The Royal Decree dated 24 January 2012 regarding the identification and obligation modalities when purchasing old metals.

On the one hand, the identification and registration discourages criminals to present their stolen goods to jewelers and metal recyclers. On the other hand, businesses that consciously acquire stolen goods are closed down by police or inspection services. However, the theft of old and precious metals are often the work of organised crime groups, therefore a cross-border cooperation is essential to tackle this phenomenon. For more information, contact Rachid Kerbab at [email protected] or Dafne Vanhelleputte at [email protected].

DENMARK New National Prevention Center In september 2012 a Danish Centre to support the local police was established, the National Center for Crime Prevention (NFC). The centre is organizationally located within the national police and is meant to be the central place for knowledge on prevention in the Danish Police, and thus it is also intended as an entity which can support the police working with prevention at a local level. The NFC is not yet in full working condition – it will continue to find its organizational feet throughout 2012. For more information, contact Charlotte Mathiesen Bech at [email protected] .

Neighborhood Watch 2012 Monday 26th was the day for a relaunch of the concept ‘Neighborhood Watch’. The concept has existed in Denmark for many years, but has lived a quiet life for the past decade. Now it has been revitalized, among other things with an app, designed to make it easy to watch your neighbor’s house or flat if they are away. The things needed to be done are often simple – like emptying the trash and mailboxes or putting your bicycle in front of your neighbor’s house in order to simulate activity during the day. For further information, contact Lone Harlev at [email protected].

ROMANIA Learning from each other - A Romanian and Swiss partnership In September 2012, Romania celebrated the 7th edition of the „Crime Prevention Week”. On this occassion, a delegation of Swiss Police visited their country and took part in the activities developed in Bucharest Municipality and Dambovita County. The visit was a result of the exchange programme developed by the two countries and a return of the study visit of Romania's crime prevention officers from the Crime Analysis and Prevention Office and Crime Research and Prevention Institute within the Romanian General Police Inspectorate have had two months before. To read more, click here.

ITALY Latinos. Actions for social integration of young Latin Americans This project intended to promote social inclusion of adolescents and young adults immigrants from Latin America living in Milan. The project tried to respond to difficulties of social integration by: supporting those institutions and organizations that are most related to the fragility of these trajectories; promoting shared reflections on policies; building institutional frameworks for networking and co-designing interventions. To read more about this project, click here.

Voices from the outside, voices from the inside This project is an active formative experience based on the encounter between high school students and juvenile detainees. In practice it is carried out by arranging "face-to- face" meetings between different ways of life, which gives the participants the opportunity to exchange thoughts, opinions, observations of common themes. These general themes are changed every year. Last year it was about legality, this year it has been about human rights. To read more about this project, click here.

An extra gear Due to an increasing number of accidents especially among young people, an educational project of road safety that works on multiple levels was set up. Firstly there was a course of legal education on the street, that was realized between July and November 2010. Secondly, there was a construction of three internships, having each a time preiod of five-months, and thirdly, the creation of a final meeting during which an awareness campaign was presented on road safety developed by the juveniles and students during the training. To read more about this project, click here.

Growing conscious and responsible citizens This project aims to give young offenders an opportunity to reflect about their acts and the meaning of the rules, to enhance their sense of responsibility and to take part of practices of active citizenship. To achieve these goals, the project has a circular structure that can be summed by three keywords: 1. Meeting: people who fight against all kind of mafia; groups of peers who are involved in the same program; 2. Knowledge: newspapers, books, videos, local and national conferences and the audition of relatives mafia victims are used to understand the meaning of . In this way young offenders can reflect about their own offence and its consequences; and 3. Work: the young offenders are involved in the organization of local and national meetings and in the community interventions (in the confiscated mafia properties). At the end of the personal program they witness their own experience and they involved other young people in the program. To read more about this project, click here.

Italian police calendar 2013 and juvenile justice 'Security, solidarity and innovative projects' are the foundations on which the Police State calendar for 2013 was created, with the usual beneficent purposes: to finance the project of UNICEF in Tanzania throughout the proceeds made from the sales. The annual calender of the Italian for 2013 has some special young protagonists, especially those held at the Penal Institute of Nisida, Napels, Italy. It bears the signature of the Juveniles detained in the Penal Institute of Nisida, the students of the International School of Comics, the students of the 'Rossellini' Film Institute of Rome and those of Nikon. This form of cooperation has to be considered an important valuable and a constructive activity to bring different realities toward a common goal. To read more, click here.

UNITED KINGDOM Domestic violence protection notices and orders In June 2012, the domestic violence protection order (DVPO) provisions operating in three police force areas were extended for another year, while the Home Office evaluates the pilot to assess whether or not a change in the law is needed. Previously, there had been a gap in protection for victims of domestic violence due to either the police being unable to charge the perpetrator due to lack of evidence or the process for granting longer-term injunctions taking several days or weeks to apply for. DVPOs are designed to bridge this gap by empowering the police and magistrates to issue an immediate order to ban the perpetrator from returning home or making contact with the victim for up to 28 days. For further information, click here or contact [email protected].

Member States' policies

SPAIN Increasing international cooperation At the end of October, within the Spanish Strategy for increasing international cooperation in the fight against transnational organized crime, human beings trafficking, new forms of cyber crime, drug trafficking and terrorism, the First Latin American Meeting of Police Directors was held in Spain, agreeing to sign the named ‘Declaration of Cadiz’. The ‘Declaration of Cadiz’ has been signed by the police of Spain, Portugal, Andorra, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Uruguay, Peru, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Nicaragua, El Salvador and representatives of INTERPOL and EUROPOL. The Brazilian will lead the think tank to launch Latin American System of Information and Police Investigation to facilitate the exchange of all sorts of operational police information for the prevention and fight against all kinds of criminality. Spain will establish the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American Police School in the Spanish settled in Ávila, lead the think tank on police training and create an award for best practice in the field of police training. To read more, click here.

Upcoming events

7th Annual International Forum within the 18th German Congress on Crime Prevention (AIF) 22-23 April 2013, Bielefeld, Germany For more information, click here.

The Stockholm Criminology Symposium 2013 10-12 June 2013, Stockholm, Sweden For more information, click here.

International Human Rights Network Training programmes 2013 - Justice Sector Reform: Applying Human Rights Based Approaches 10-14 juin 2013, Maynooth, Ireland This annual IHRN training programme aims at enhancing the skills of justice sector personnel, consultants, managers etc, in applying Human Rights Based Approaches to Justice Sector Reform. To read more, click here.

International Human Rights Network Training programmes 2013 - Monitoring and Evaluation: Applying Human Rights Based Approaches 15-19 juillet 2013, Maynooth, Ireland This programme aims to enhance the substantive knowledge and practical skills for applying Human Rights Based Approaches to monitoring and evaluation. To read more, click here.

European Society of Criminology 4-7 septembre 2013, Budapest, Hungary For more information, click here.

The First World Congress on Probation (WCP) - A World of Probation: Perspectives on Community Justice 8-10 octobre 2013, London, United Kingdom This Congress, organised by the European Organisation for Probation (CEP), is a new initiative to bring together practitioners and those with an interest in probation and community justice from across the globe to share their knowledge and experience. The Congress will provide participants with the opportunity to examine and discuss new and changing probation practices, with the overarching principle of changing lives and behaviours. For more information, click here.

Preview

The next edition of the EUCPN Newsletter in March 2013 will introduce the theme of the incoming Trio Ireland, Lithuania and Greece ‘Collaboration in Crime Prevention’ . Ireland's Presidency will focus on two particular areas of crime: youth offending and internet crime. We kindly invite readers to share their news and information on European crime prevention issues with the EUCPN Secretariat by sending contributions (in English, 100-150 words abstract) to [email protected].

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