This web conference will reference the research, while expanding the conversation about local and state strategies that prevent sexual and domestic violence among other forms of violence concurrently. [Source: Prevent Connect]. With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) strategic vision focused on preventing multiple forms of violence by addressing shared root factors, more and more communities are finding ways to operationalize this. What does addressing shared risk and protective factors look like and why should we be concerned with Connecting the Dots? This web conference will reference the research, while expanding the conversation about local and state strategies that prevent sexual and domestic violence among other forms of violence concurrently. HOSTS: Ashleigh Klein and Meghna Bhat, PreventConnect and CALCASA FACILITATORS: Lisa Fujie Parks and Alisha Somji, Prevention Institute OBJECTIVES ◾Reference the CDC’s research on addressing multiple forms of violence ◾Identify how shared risk and protective factors can inform local and state strategies ◾Describe examples of multi-sector work to prevent sexual and domestic violence and other forms of violence.

Registration open for the International Criminal Justice Summer Courses 2017

Radicalisation - Desistance - Engaging offenders to change The Criminal Justice Platform is launching a new event in Barcelona from 4 - 7 July 2017. International Criminal Justice Summer Courses, with an focus on developing practice. Expert practitioners will be running courses for colleagues from across Europe.The aim is to ‘examine key practice issues, inspire new thinking, promote cross-fertilization and build new networks to improve services and practice in prisons, probation and restorative justice’. Are you a professional practicing in a Criminal Justice setting? Meet colleagues from across Europe for a multi-disciplinary course, build a new network and learn new skills on a course with an international perspective. Are you a researcher or specialist practitioner looking for an opportunity to learn new ideas and approaches? Benefit from cross-fertilisation and an exchange of project information and methodologies. Do you run a Criminal Justice organisation committed to developing best practice? Send a representative expert to stretch his/her learning and to bring back new thinking.

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FIFA announce changes that make it easier for young refugees to play

03 March 2017 FIFA have announced an amendment to the system of registration of players that could be a significant step forward in changing the way that young refugees and asylum seekers are given access to play football and realise its capacity to act as a tool for integration. Until now the registration system has meant that young players have to gain the permission of the FA of their country of origin before playing in the country of arrival. This led to situations in which their details and location were being shared in the country from which they had fled, often in dangerous circumstances. The new regulations mean that FAs registering them through the FIFA player registration system (TMS) can assure players that their name will not be shared. The FA should fill out the online registration form as normal and FIFA will offer a waiver. The development which is being applied to individuals has been welcomed by FAs, grassroots clubs and those working in the area of social inclusion, it means one regulatory blockage to encouraging young players to join clubs, play, socialise and meet people from the host community has been removed. Piara Powar, Executive Director of the Fare network, said, “We welcome this very sensible and necessary move by FIFA, it now means that the way is clear for young players to join the formal football structure without fear. “We hope that sports bodies – FAs, clubs and local authorities – will now use football as a means of inclusion of young refugees rather than excluding them.”

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Fare members working in the areas of refugee inclusion, LGBT rights, anti-discrimination in football, are available to join E+ partnerships.

Fare members available for Erasmus+ partnerships 01 March 2017 "Our members are well established and familiar with partnership working in the 2017 Erasmus+ priority areas such as tackling discrimination and using sport as a tool for social inclusion. Many are active in the areas of refugee inclusion, LGBT rights, anti-discrimination in football, and migrant rights through football. If you are planning an Erasmus+ bid one of our members can provide a geographical and activity focus that can enhance your partnership. They will have a pic number and are ready to help the bid with ideas Erasmus+ is the European Union programme for education, training, youth and sport. It runs for seven years, from 2014 to 2020, with organisations invited to apply for funding each year to undertake creative and worthwhile activities."

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The European Story: 60 years of shared progress

Peace The longest period of peace and stability in Europe’s written history – 70 years since the end of World War II – started with the formation of the European Communities. In recognition of its role in helping to transform most of Europe from ‘being a continent of war to becoming a continent of peace’, the European Union was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2012. For Europe, peace matters everywhere: in a world with more than 40 ongoing armed conflicts, the EU is the largest contributor of contingents to United Nations peacekeeping missions.

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CSG Justice Center Staff: White Paper Introduces a ‘Common Language’ to Communicate about Criminogenic Risk

February 23, 2017 By CSG Justice Center Staff Screenshot 2017-01-05 12.40.27The National Reentry Resource Center (NRRC) released in January A Five-Level Risk and Needs System: Maximizing Assessment Results in Corrections through the Development of a Common Language, a white paper geared toward researchers, practitioners, and policymakers who share the goal of reducing recidivism by improving the application of risk and needs assessments. Developed with funding support from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), the white paper presents a model to support the implementation of Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) principles through a standardized five-level risk and needs assessment system. Criminogenic risk and needs assessments provide a roadmap for effective correctional rehabilitation initiatives. When properly understood and implemented, they can help correctional organizations provide the types and dosages of services that are empirically related to reductions in reoffending. Although risk and needs assessment instruments are all intended to measure the same things, the field has not as yet set standards or specifications about the terminology used to describe risk and needs categories across all of these instruments. Over the past two years, the NRRC, in partnership with Public Safety Canada, has facilitated efforts to standardize the terminology associated with risk and needs levels and improve the interpretation and application of risk and needs assessment results in correctional settings. With expert guidance from a diverse group of collaborators, including researchers, risk and needs assessment instrument developers, practitioners, and leaders in the field; and drawing on extensive review of the literature and related research, observations of programs in the field, feedback from national experts, several multidisciplinary forums and advisory group discussions, and a rigorous review process, the paper provides the following: •An overview of the RNR principles, which are used by criminal justice professionals to identify a person’s risk of recidivism and allocate resources and deliver tailored services accordingly •A standardized five-level risk and needs assessment system to inform case planning, guide how corrections and criminal justice professionals classify risk and needs, and help identify people who can benefit most from intervention •Case examples to illustrate each of the five proposed risk and needs levels Additional research will be conducted to support the development of the five-level system for widespread use in the U.S. Through a partnership with the NRRC, Dr. Faye Taxman of George Mason University and Dr. Daryl Kroner of Southern Illinois University will examine multi-year data—including recidivism data and information on risk and needs—from various sources to further refine the five risk and needs levels for practical application in correctional settings. Upon refinement and validation of the five-level system, the NRRC and its partners then plan to pilot test the model in several sites across the country.

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Report from the European Commission: Fifth progress report towards an effective and genuine Security Union

REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL AND THE COUNCIL

Fifth progress report towards an effective and genuine Security Union COM/2017/0203 final

Why a new European Agenda on Security? The EU and its Member States face several new and complex security threats, highlighting the need for further synergies and closer cooperation at all levels. Many of today's security concerns originate from instability in the EU's immediate neighbourhood and changing forms of radicalisation, violence and terrorism. Threats are becoming more varied and more international, as well as increasingly cross-border and cross-sectorial in nature. These threats require an effective and coordinated response at European level. The European Agenda on Security sets out how the Union can bring added value to support the Member States in ensuring security. The European Agenda on SecuritySearch for available translations of the preceding linkEN ••• implements the Political Guidelines of European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in the area of security and replaces the previous Internal Security Strategy (2010-2014). What are the priorities of the European Agenda on Security for the next 5 years? Whilst the EU must remain vigilant to other emerging threats that also require a coordinated EU response, the Agenda prioritises terrorism, organised crime and cybercrime as interlinked areas with a strong cross-border dimension, where EU action can make a real difference. The Agenda builds on the actions undertaken in the last years, under the previous internal security strategy, thus ensuring consistent and continued action. The EU has already put in place a range of legal, practical, and support tools to underpin a European area of internal security. Now it is time to work better and more closely together. The success of the tools that the Union has put in place in recent years relies, first of all, on responsibility-sharing, mutual trust and effective cooperation between all actors involved, EU institutions and agencies, Member States and national authorities. The European Agenda on Security aims to strengthen the tools that the EU provides to national law enforcement authorities to fight terrorism and cross-border crime. In particular, the Agenda focuses on improving information exchanges and operational cooperation between law enforcement authorities. It also mobilises a number of EU instruments to support actions through training, funding and research and innovation. Finally, the Agenda sets out a number of targeted actions to be taken at EU level, to step up the fight against terrorism, organised crime and cybercrime. Tackling security threats whilst upholding European values To maximise the benefits of existing EU measures and, where necessary, deliver new and complementary actions, all actors involved have to work together based on five key principles: ◾Ensure full compliance with fundamental rights; ◾Guarantee more transparency, accountability and democratic control; ◾Ensure better application and implementation of existing EU legal instruments; ◾Provide a more joined-up inter-agency and a cross-sectorial approach; ◾Bring together all internal and external dimensions of security.

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Urban Institute: Targeting undocumented immigrants won't increase public safety

On February 20, the newly confirmed secretary of homeland security, John Kelly, issued two memoranda establishing new policies and escalating current ones to implement the Trump administration’s immigration priorities. In particular, the heads of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and US Customs and Border Protection are directed to expedite expansion of the 287(g) program, which allows the federal government to grant state and local law enforcement agencies broad authority to enforce federal immigration law. This administration’s focus on enforcing immigration law stems from thoroughly perpetuated myths binding immigration to national security, crime, and terrorism. Enhancing public safety and reducing violence are respectable endeavors, but policies that target undocumented immigrants in the name of these objectives are not grounded in evidence. Immigration is not a driver of crime or violence Evidence reveals that increased immigration is consistently linked to decline in violent and property crime. While it may be politically expedient to cherry-pick high-profile incidents like the tragic death of Kathryn Steinle, such events are not evidence that undocumented immigrants pose a disproportionate threat to our communities. Immigrants are not more likely to commit crime than their native-born counterparts and actually maintain lower levels of involvement in crime throughout their lives. Expanding the 287(g) program is an irresponsible and irrational focus of attention and resources on a political issue that does not represent a major cause of violence. Involving local law enforcement in immigration enforcement corrodes police-community relations Successful policing requires productive communication and partnership with the community. The International Association of Chiefs of Police and the Major Cities Chiefs Association emphasize that good relationships with immigrant communities are vital to protecting the public. When local police are deputized to enforce federal immigration law, undocumented residents fear contact with law enforcement. The severe chilling effect of 287(g) enforcement deters residents from seeking help from police when they become victims and from aiding law enforcement efforts by reporting crime, cooperating with investigations, and participating in the criminal justice system as witnesses. Case in point: Maricopa County, Arizona The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MSCO) zealously pursued 287(g) immigration enforcement under former sheriff Joe Arpaio. During that time, violent crime spiked and basic law enforcement responsibilities were forced to the periphery. Police response times to life-threatening emergencies slowed dramatically. Many cases of armed robbery, aggravated assault, and sexual assault went uninvestigated. Arrest rates for cases that were investigated plunged. An enormous backlog of outstanding warrants accumulated. A Department of Justice investigation of MSCO found rampant racial profiling, unlawful stops, detentions, arrests, and use of retaliation. The focus on immigrants diverted attention and resources away from basic law enforcement functions, and the community suffered the consequences. Maricopa County residents voted Arpaio out of office in November 2016. The abuses uncovered in Maricopa County are not isolated incidents. Reports from 287(g) jurisdictions across the country indicate patterns of misconduct. In Tennessee, a heavily pregnant woman who was pulled over for a routine traffic violation and subsequently arrested for driving without a license (a misdemeanor that usually results in a citation and no arrest) was shackled to a hospital bed while in labor and then separated from her newborn son for two days, resulting in health problems for both. The Department of Justice also uncovered unconstitutional racial profiling in a North Carolina county’s use of 287(g). The Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General and the Government Accountability Office found that 287(g) lacks appropriate performance measures and that supervision and oversight of its implementation was often insufficient. What does work? Heavy investment in law enforcement may be a sensible approach for an administration principally concerned with crime and safety. But the value of such investment is lost when efforts are concentrated on programs like the 287(g) agreements, which are at best ineffective and at worst severely damaging. Resources should prioritize enforcement and prevention tactics that are grounded in evidence, like promising community policing strategies that many departments have employed to facilitate positive and productive relationships with stakeholders in their jurisdictions. Policy should support humane and innovative law enforcement efforts to guard our communities from violence and reduce crime.

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Registration opening: 2017 Conference "Security, Democracy & Cities: Coproducing Urban Security Policies"

Registration is now open for the 6th international and interdisciplinary conference of the European Forum for Urban Security, co-organised with the City of Barcelona and the Government of Catalonia (Spain). 15-17 November Efus’ action is based on the belief that security is a common good that must involve the coming together of stakeholders in urban life and that relies on a balance between prevention, sanction and social cohesion. The conference will address the subject of shared governance between different territorial levels as well as the participation of the private sector and of civil society –particularly citizens- in security policies. The conference will rely on the knowledge and experiences gained from Efus’ work over the course of the last 30 years and will mark the anniversary of its founding in Barcelona in 1987.

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European Commission - Press release EU Internet Forum: progress on removal of terrorist content online

San Francisco, 10 March 2017 . Today, Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos, accompanied by the Maltese Minister for Home Affairs and National Security, Mr Carmelo Abela representing the Presidency of the Council of the EU, and the Estonian Minister of the Interior, Mr Andres Anvelt, representing the incoming Presidency of the Council of the EU, as well as the EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator, Mr Gilles de Kerchove, are meeting key internet companies in the United States, in San Francisco and Silicon Valley. The visit was organised to follow up on the second meeting of the EU Internet Forum in December 2016 and to take forward actions agreed for 2017. Dimitris Avramopoulos, Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, said: "Over the last 18 months, we have managed to build a relationship of trust and mutual understanding with the major internet companies. I am pleased with the progress we are making. I welcome the voluntary initiative of the industry to set up a mechanism to remove terrorist content from the internet. Today, a prototype of this mechanism is in action. The voluntary partnership with the internet industry is making a difference. I welcome also the commitment of the internet industry to contribute to the EU Civil Society Empowerment Programme, which will empower civil society to pass positive narratives on the internet. We will also have a fruitful exchange of views with the companies on issues related to cyber-security and encryption, and the access of law enforcement to electronic evidence in the context of criminal investigations. Our presence here in the US underlines our strong willingness to continue this relationship in the future." Carmelo Abela, Maltese Minister for Home Affairs and National Security, representing the Presidency of the Council of the EU, and Andres Anvelt, Estonian Minister of the Interior, representing the incoming Presidency of the Council of the EU, said: "The fight against terrorism poses ever increasing challenges in the context of a globalised and changing world particularly in the light of the current geopolitical picture. However, on-going cooperation between governments and the private sector can significantly hinder the online activity of terrorist groups. What we are doing today is to enhance that cooperation for the benefit of our societies. This is the result of a number of good initiatives by the EU Internet forum such as consistent removal of online content by implementing modern mechanisms to detect abusive content and the launch of the Civil Society Empowerment Programme. We now need to ensure that we build on this progress and continue our cooperation with more companies." Monika Bickert, Head of Global Product Policy for Facebook said: “We're pleased to have worked with others in the tech industry to create a working prototype of a shared database for hashes of violent terrorist imagery that we have removed from our services. There's no place for terrorism on Facebook, and we remove terrorist content and accounts as soon as we become aware of it. We also offer strong support for initiatives that counter extremism – including commissioning research, training NGOs, and supporting programs that engage in the promotion of positive narratives. We believe this is the most effective way to tackle online extremism.” Juniper Downs, head of policy at YouTube said: "We work hard to take swift action against terrorist content through enforcement of YouTube's policies, and by investing in new solutions like the industry hash database. We support and encourage collaboration between tech platforms in order to strengthen our collective response to the spread of terrorist content online." Sinéad McSweeney, VP of Public Policy, Twitter EMEA, said: "We prohibit violent threats and the promotion of terrorism. Our specialist teams have developed an innovative approach, employing a hybrid technical and reporting model that works for Twitter first. The result has been a movement of terrorist content off the platform. We have also significantly expanded our CVE partnerships globally, training hundreds of NGOs and issuing pro-bono advertising grants to support the amplification of alternative narratives to extremism We look forward to continuing this vital work in partnership with our peers across the industry."

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Global Evidence Summit: Using evidence. Improving lives.

Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council, is delighted to be hosting the 2017 Global Evidence Summit. The event aims to advance the use of reliable research evidence in addressing some of the world’s most serious health and social challenges. In situations of scarcity, it is particularly important that resources are not wasted on useless or harmful interventions. It is therefore fitting that this unique gathering of world leaders in evidence-based practice, policy, methodology, and advocacy, from five international organizations, will be taking place in Africa. We are confident it will make a meaningful contribution to furthering our shared vision of a healthier and more equitable world. The Global Evidence Summit will be the first time that Cochrane, The Campbell Collaboration, Guidelines International Network, International Society for Evidence-based Health Care, and Joanna Briggs Institute have joined forces to create this premiere event in evidence-based policy. 13-16 Sep. 17/ Cape Town, South Africa The theme of the Summit is ‘Using evidence. Improving lives.’ and we have an event lined up that aims to showcase the luminaries in the field, to challenge and stimulate policy-makers and practitioners on how to base their decisions on the best available evidence. The ‘Global Evidence Summit’ will highlight and promote evidence-based approaches to policy and practice in order to target resources to what works, therefore offering the most cost effective health interventions. With the Summit taking place in South Africa the opportunities and challenges facing low and middle-income countries will be a key focus of the Summit.

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Human Rights First:Germany Conflicted: The Struggle Between Xenophobia and Tolerance.

February 06, 2017 "Germany is at a tipping point as it heads into important national elections in 2017. Hate crimes, particularly those associated with xenophobia, have increased drastically—from 5,858 cases in 2014 to 10,373 in 2015. From 2014 to 2015 crimes against asylum refugee shelters, including violent attacks, more than quintupled. Police reported three hundred crimes against asylum shelters in the first quarter of 2016, exceeding the total number in 2014 and on par with the elevated levels of 2015. Germany has been a leader within Europe on the refugee crisis, maintaining a welcoming policy toward those fleeing violence and persecution. However, the uneven implementation of this policy has exacerbated existing social divides. Because the German government failed in important ways to adequately prepare the country to receive refugees, many in Germany perceive that the situation has spiraled out of control. New far-right parties and movements such as the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West (PEGIDA) have emerged in the past few years by capitalizing on Euroskepticism and xenophobic fear. Supporters of these groups’ ideologies are primarily responsible for a surge in hate crimes. In 2015 the Ministry of the Interior reported that right-wing extremists committed 90 percent of all hate crimes—including 96 percent of xenophobic hate crimes—91 percent of antisemitic hate crimes, and 98 percent of racist hate crimes.While hate crimes committed by left-wing extremists increased from 94 in 2014 to 96 in 2015, hate crimes committed by right-wing extremists increased from 4,983 to 9,426.Those on the far-right were also responsible for 90 percent of the offenses against asylum shelters. As support for far-right movements grow along with expressions of hatred, Germans’ acceptance of inclusive, liberal democracy is perhaps counterintuitively becoming more widespread. Several factors explain this complicated and seemingly contradictory state. Germany’s post-World War II history continues to inform and give shape to current trends. The connective power and relative anonymity of the Internet has proved a powerful force for degrading Germany’s longstanding postwar taboo against publicly espousing xenophobic, ultra-nationalist, and racist views. AfD, PEGIDA, and likeminded groups have both benefitted from and contributed to evolving social mores, resulting in a climate in which Germans who nurture intolerant views in private are now more willing to express them publicly. Thus, while surveys do not show a greater portion of Germans evincing intolerant views, those who do hold such views are becoming more connected, public, politically active, tech-savvy, and accepting of violence. Institutional discrimination, a persistent problem, also gives a green light to hatred, catalyzing violence. While Germany’s history makes it unique, its struggle against xenophobia-fueled illiberalism is increasingly representative of trends buffeting Europe and the United States. Across the Atlantic —in societies roiled by social change, globalization, and terrorism—demagogic leaders and far-right movements are magnifying and leveraging hatred toward ethnic, racial, and religious minorities. Evidence of this trend can be seen in France where Marine LePen’s anti-Islam, anti-refugee, and anti-European Union (E.U.) positions have contributed to a cycle of violence there, and in the recent U.S. presidential race that fueled hatred, helping lead to a surprising victory for President Donald Trump."

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Registration is open for the second conference on Youth and Young Adult Offenders

On 6-7 June 2017 CEP will organize a conference on Young adult offenders, as a follow-up of the very successful one in Lillestrom, Norway, 31 August-1 September 2016. This time the event will take place in Barcelona and treat further into deep the aspects that come up and occur when working with Youth and Young adult offenders. Over the last ten years approximately, the question of how to respond appropriately to the offending of young adults has emerged as a point of increased focus within international criminological research and criminal policy. Responding to juvenile offending is a unique policy and practice challenge. While a substantial proportion of crime is perpetuated by juveniles, most juveniles will ‘grow out’ of offending and adopt law-abiding lifestyles as they mature. It is argued that a range of factors, including juveniles’ lack of maturity, propensity to take risks and susceptibility to peer influence, as well as intellectual disability, mental illness and victimisation, increase juveniles’ risks of contact with the criminal justice system. These factors, combined with juveniles’ unique capacity to be rehabilitated, can require intensive and often expensive interventions by the juvenile justice system

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UCL Jill Dando Institute masterclass – Hypothesis testing crime

Wednesday 12th April 2017 “The hypothesis testing approach should be something that all analysts use for conducting crime and intelligence analysis.” Police Senior Intelligence Analyst There is still time for you to book your place on our one-day hypothesis testing crime and intelligence analysis masterclass. This one-day UCL JDI masterclass introduces the hypothesis testing analysis approach that is designed to improve the explanatory content of problem profiles and other analytical products. Most analytical products developed in policing and community safety often only describe a problem, rather than understanding and explaining it. On this course we take you through the practical application of the hypothesis testing analysis method and illustrate its use across a full range of crime and community safety problems. The course is suitable for the analysis of all types of volume crime (e.g., burglary, violent crime, theft), serious crime (e.g., child sexual exploitation, sexual assaults), organised crime, cybercrime, road traffic accidents (e.g., bicycle collisions and cyclist fatalities) and all other types of incidents relating to crime and ASB (examples from previous courses have included counterfeit goods, lottery scams, illegal imports, youth cannabis use, repeat callers, and problem families). The course is also suitable for those wanting to improve how they analyse the offending of individuals or groups, or improve their analysis of communities and individuals that are most victimised, experience most harm, or are most vulnerable.

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New CoE guidelines for organisations managing community santions and measures

On 22 March 2017, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE) adopted a new guidelines document for organisations managing community sanctions and measures in Member States. This document – CM/Rec (2017)3 – Recommendation on the European Rules on Community Sanctions and Measures (CSM), was developed by the CoE’s Council for Penological Co-operation (the PC-CP). The Council believes that an update was required, bringing together the substance of two earlier Recommendations and taking account of the many changes that have taken place since 2000. The starting point was to study these two earlier Recommendations.

Publication: Refugee Integration: A Worthwile Investment

DIW Economic Bulletin 3/4 / 2017 Stefan Bach, Herbert Brücker, Peter Haan, Agnese Romiti, Kristina van Deuverden, Enzo Weber The initial fiscal costs associated with refugee integration are quite high—but as more and more refugees join the labor force, a reduction in ongoing welfare costs and an increase in government revenue will result. Against this background, the Institute for Em-ployment Research (IAB) in Nuremberg and DIW Berlin conducted a joint investigation (funded by the German Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs) into the overall economic and fiscal impacts of investing in the labor market integration of the refugees who arrived in Germany in 2015. The results show that investing in refugees’ language skills and educational qualifications promises high returns.

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Probation Performance: How Arizona’s County Probation Departments Increased Public Safety While Saving Taxpayers Millions

March 16, 2017 By CSG Justice Center Staff Arizona spent $100 million annually in 2008 to revoke people from probation to state prison. After adopting new evidence-based policies and practices, revocations are down 29 percent and new felony convictions by probationers have dropped by 21 percent, saving taxpayers more than $392 million over the past eight years.

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EUCPN - Criteria for the evaluation of crime prevention practices

The European Crime Prevention Network (EUCPN) provides a platform for its members to discuss and disseminate best practices in crime prevention. Essential in identifying best practices in crime prevention, is the evaluation of crime prevention projects. A crucial step in any evaluation process is the identification and registration of indicators (EUCPN 2013, UNODC 2010, Morgan & Homel 2013). Indicators provide measurable information on the implementation, efficiency and effectiveness of a crime prevention programme. They can be applied to evaluate projects against specific criteria in an intersubjective and rigorous manner. Information on the identification and use of indicators in the evaluation process of crime prevention projects is nevertheless currently lacking. The EUCPN has therefore commissioned this study to provide an overview of relevant indicators and their application in the evaluation of crime prevention projects.

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