In the spring of 2017, the State Office for Criminal Investigation Schleswig-Holstein conducted a representative survey of the population in the field of security and crime in Schleswig-Holstein for the second time, in which 11,614 people participated. In addition to experiences with crime in 2016, the reporting behavior, the fear… Read more →
Author: Bearbeiter
On the development of violence in Germany. Focus: young people and refugees
On behalf of the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ), Prof. Dr. Christian Pfeiffer, Director a.D. of the KFN, and Sören Kliem, Head of the Department of Darkfield Research at the KFN, in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Dirk Baier, Head of the Institute for Delinquency… Read more →
New research project on behalf of cybercrime
As of 01.12.2017, the research project Cyberattacks against companies has started at KFN. On the basis of an interdisciplinary team of scientists from the fields of computer science, criminology, sociology and economics, the project of the Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony (KFN) and the research center L3S of the… Read more →
New project about police video surveillance in NRW
Since the new version of the PolG NRW the police in North Rhine -Westphalia can for crime prevention, by means of image transmission and recordings in public places where repeated offenses were committed in accordance with certain save prerequisites and deletion periods. KFN examines since November 1, 2017 as part of a process… Read more →
New project Prejudice-Related Crime
Since November 1, 2017 KFN examines in cooperation with DHPol cooperation between security authorities and civil society with regard to the prevention of prejudice-related crimes. These include criminally relevant acts that are wholly or partially motivated by prejudice against certain characteristics of the victim (such as race, ancestry, nationality, religion,… Read more →