General Information - Objectives

The German Congress on Crime Prevention was founded in 1995 as an annual national convention for the field of crime prevention.

The aim of the German Congress on Crime Prevention is to present and strengthen crime prevention within a broad societal framework. Thus it contributes to crime reduction as well as reducing both the fear of crime, and the number of victims of crime. As an annually organised congress, the main objectives of the Congress are:

• Presenting and exchanging current and basic questions of crime prevention and its effectiveness 
• Bringing together partners within the field of crime prevention
• Functioning as a forum for the practice of crime prevention and for fostering the exchange of expertise
• Helping to get into contact at the international level and to exchange information
• Discussing implementation strategies
• Developing and disseminating recommendations for practice, politics, administration and research in the field of crime prevention 

Since 2007 with the introduction of the Annual International Forum this is also true for the international perspective. With the AIF an international (non-German speaking) audience is addressed to share their experiences in crime prevention.

We believe that while the world is growing closer research as well as experience should be disseminated within a braod professional framework. Therefore we ask international experts from all areas of crime prevention to introduce, share and discuss their ideas, goals, outcomes, projects and speeches with other experts and to experience the German modality of crime prevention.

So far the following congresses have taken place: