Author Description

The German Congress on Crime Prevention (GCOCP) is an annual event that has taken place since 1995 in different German cities and targets all areas of crime prevention. Since its foundation the GCOCP has been opened to an international audience with a growing number of non-German speaking participants joining. To give the international guests their own discussion forum, the Annual International Forum (AIF) within the GCOCP was established in 2007. For non-German guests this event offers lectures in English language as well as other activities within the GCOCP that are translated simultaneously. This book reflects the input and output of the 2nd Annual International Forum 2008 which took place 2nd and 3rd of June 2008 in Leipzig (state of Saxony). Firstly lectures of the AIF are printed, followed by contributions from participants of the congress. The articles reflect worldwide views on crime prevention as well as the current status, discussion, research and projects in crime prevention from different countries. The topics range from prevention of juvenile violence, international examples and developments in crime prevention, prevention of school shootings, social capital and community participation to the results from a workshop within the congress "Probation meets Prevention".