Young People & Violence
Young People & Violence – a key focus of our work |
It is with growing concern that the Conference of Cantonal Directors of Justice and Police (CCDJP) have been monitoring the development of violence by and among young people. At the end of 2006 they therefore instructed the SKP (Swiss crime prevention) to develop an action plan dealing with the topic «Young People and Violence» It was decided that in view of the wide range of preventive measures already being implemented at cantonal level (municipal and cantonal police forces, cantonal education and social departments, private partners and others), and bearing in mind the SKP’s limited human and financial resources, there should not be a nationwide multimedia information campaign. |
The main focus of the «Young People and Violence Action Plan 2008», authorised in 2007 by the CCDJP is on, among others:
Although a wide range of measures have been initiated and implemented by the departments participating in the survey, it is not the job of the police alone to address the issues surrounding the prevention of violence by and among young people. Effectively tackling violence among young people requires in-depth knowledge and an understanding of the reasons and motives for the violent behaviour of young people on the one side, and close cooperation of the police with both state and non-governmental organisations on the other.Despite the numerous measures that have been implemented to date, there are still significant deficits in the Information on
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