The project "Building Social Support for Restorative Justice" promoted by the European Forum for Restorative Justice aims at enquiring about the best ways through which social support for restorative justice can be achieved. It initiates the member states to report on the restorative justice programmes at local and national level, NGOs or concerning individual citizens, and on information of the public at large.
The Hungarian experiences are available here.

The Crime Prevention Unit of the Ministry of Justice and Law Enforcement of Hungary has published a call for projects aiming at the dissemination of the results and the adaptation of the methods of crime prevention projects. By producing methodological guides and know-how descriptions ready to be translated in different languages, the delivery of the projects should as well increase the adaptability of good practices by practitioners of other EU Member States.
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The main aims of the project were to persuade members of the target group to spend their free time with useful activities. To tighten long-term cooperation between the partners was among the goals as well. The project manager organization was the West-Transdanubian Region of Hungarian Maltese Charity Service Association. The model project is classified as a "good practice" by the Crime Prevention Department of the Ministry of Justice and Law Enforcement.
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The pilot project was run by the Hungarian Probation Service in the capital. In the program juveniles and young adult offenders provided compensation to the community for the consequences of the crimes committed by them. In the general experience the direct results are palpable. The compensation stands in contrast with the committed crime. It can function as a mirror because the juveniles are able to experience directly how much harm, anger and work could be caused by their felony.
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The “Community mediation in Nagybörzsöny” project ran by the Foresee Research Group in 2009 became a best practice. The project combined community building and mediation methods in a small rural Hungarian village. As an outcome, the project team shot a 15-minute promotional film which is also available with English subtitles.
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The „European best practices of Restorative Justice in the criminal procedure” Project ((JLS/2007/ISEC/FPA/C1/033) started in December 2007 co-sponsored by the European Commission. The project is aimed at collecting, analysing and disseminating restorative practices applied in the EU member states. The project is delivered by the staff of the Ministry of Justice and Law Enforcement of Hungary (Department for Criminal Policy). The project is supposed to end in October 2009 by producing a publication.
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The International Center for the Prevention of Crime celebrates its 15th anniversary by compiling a bulletin of abstracts. Researchers, government representatives, local authorities, international organizations and NGOs are invited to submit a short abstract by April 30th, 2009.
The ICPC will focus on the evolution of crime prevention policy and practice and a consideration of issues on the horizon within and between countries will help to increase awareness about the successes and challenges of developing and implementing strategic and effective crime prevention within urban and rural areas. The event will also discuss the number of paradoxes and debates which continue to make up the field, and identify a number of emerging issues in light of new phenomena (eg. urbanization, migration, environmental evolution, "privatization of security", etc.).
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The first International Report on Crime Prevention and Community Safety: Trends and Perspectives offers decision-makers, practitioners, civil society members and researchers a comprehensive analysis of the situation of crime prevention and community safety in the world.
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Summary of the Report
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The Compendium of Crime Prevention Practices to Inspire Action Across the World contains crime prevention and community safety practices gleaned from North America, Europe, Africa, the Caribbean, Central and Latin America, Oceania and South Asia.
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The Secretariat of Citizen Security and Safety of the State of Querétaro, together with the International Centre for the Prevention of Crime (ICPC), are pleased to invite you to the 8th Annual Colloquium on Crime Prevention. The Colloquium is dedicated to women’s safety, a shared concern for many governments, policymakers, non-governmental organisations and citizens. This event will serve as a platform for exploring how approaches to women’s safety have evolved over the years, and for showcasing innovative strategies and practices that have been implemented in different countries around the world.
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On the 21st and 22nd October 2008, the International Juvenile Justice Observatory (IJJO) together with the County Council of Justice and Public Administrations of the Generalitat Valenciana (Spain), have the pleasure to organise the III International IJJO Conference, which will be titled: "Juvenile Justice Systems in Europe: current situation, trends in applicable models and good practices".
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Hungary’s candidate for 2008’s ECPA is the Veszprém Police Department’s project "To support the implementation of programmes made to curb violation of the law in public spaces".
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Erika Varadi presents the situation and current youth justice system in Hungary. Mrs. Varadi Criminology Professor at the Sciences Institute Criminals, Criminal Law and Criminology Department of the Miskolc University in Hungary, analyses the evolution of the current youth delinquency prevention system in Hungary. Reintegration of youth who are in conflict with the law is one of the main objectives of the programs and instruments which are focused in youth crime prevention in such country.
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The European Crime Prevention Award (ECPA) is a contest which aims to reward the best European crime prevention project. The award got off to a modest start in 1997 with the participation of three countries. Participation in ECPA is open to any project, initiative or package of measures. An objective of the project must be to reduce crime and the fear of crime within the specified theme.
The 2007 ECPA's theme was 'domestic violence'. Hungary's entry was the project of Mórahalom's local government.
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The EU European Social Fund finances by 2.2 billion HUF (8.1 million EUR) the Preferential Project "Strengthening social cohesion by crime prevention and reintegration programmes". The three pillars of the project are youth at risk, victim protection and offender reintegration. The target group includes professionals working on the fields of childcare, public education, healthcare, criminal justice system. The other target group consists of clients of all aforementioned services.
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The Crime Prevention SOS Azulejo project is being implemented in Portugal. The goal is to prevent thefts, vandalism, trafficking of the valuable cultural heritage.

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The International Juvenile Justice Observatory, in order to keep on contributing to efficient strategies that stimulate the international development of policies, legislations and appropriate intervention methods, presents the IJJO Campaign: 'Legal assistance for children in conflict with the law' Details

The Methodological Aid for the application of the "NE TEDD!" (DON'T YOU DARE) Programme of the Saint Jacob Foundation of Esztergom is now available in english.
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The downloadable version of the movies will also be available soon.

"These days, seeing and experiencing problems everywhere, almost no one is satisfied with the operation of criminal justice. Researchers, politicians and public opinion makers have traced the problems back to several underlying reasons. Most agree that the institutions which have been established for treating conflicts, like the criminal justice system itself, are exceedingly far removed from the context in which conflicts themselves appear. The state monopoly over criminal justice is not an end in itself but rather a guarantee for those affected by the conflict, and through them, for the whole political and social community, for getting fair justice." download

The International Centre for the Prevention of Crime (ICPC) held its seventh annual colloquium on crime prevention focusing on the “role of police in community crime prevention” in Oslo Norway on the 8th and 9th November 2007. On behalf of the Ministry of Justice and Law Enforcement of the Republic of Hungary Dr. Miklós Ligeti delivered a presentation on the Hungarian experience of knowledge based policing and its professional contribution to community crime prevention. The presentation can be downloaded from here

The recently created Ministry of Justice in London has commissioned a survey on crime victims' attitudes in the UK regarding their preferred mode of sanctioning of offenders. The main result: Victims of non-violent crimes in the UK want offenders to be punished, but do not believe that prison is always the answer. To learn more about the study, please click here

As part of the reform of the Romanian Code of Criminal Procedure Europäische Rechts Akademie of Trier organised a two day conference in Bucharest from 11th to 12th October 2007 upon request of the Government of the Republic of Romania. Two Expert Workshops dealt with the topics of bargaining and settlement in criminal procedure (the 11th of October) and alternative forms of pre-trial detention (the 12th of October). On behalf of the Hungarian Ministry of Justice and Law Enforcement Dr. Miklós Ligeti delivered a presentation on the Hungarian legislation on and experience of home arrest, an alternative to pre-trial detention. Details

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