The German Congress on Crime Prevention (Deutscher Präventionstag - DPT) is an international conference for the field of crime prevention that takes place annually since 1995 in different German cities.

General Information

The aim of the German Congress on Crime Prevention (GCOCP) 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 The fear of crime refers to the fear of being a victim of crime as opposed to the actual probability of being a victim of crime.Hale, C. (1996)Fear of crime: A review of the literature International Review of Victimology, 4, 79-150. The fear of cri ...

, and the number of

victims of crime Victimology is the study of victimization, including the psychological effects on victims, the relationship between victims and offenders, the interactions between victims and the criminal justice system—that is, the police and courts, and c ...

. 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 In 2007 the Annual International Forum (AIF) within the GCOCP was established to address an international audience and to share their experiences in crime prevention. Both the GCOCP and AIF are geared to people from all over the world working in all areas of crime prevention: administration, health system, youth welfare, judiciary, churches, local authorities, media, politics,

police The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and t ...

, prevention committees, projects, schools, organizations and associations, science etc. So far the following congresses took place: * 1. GCOCP 1995 in

Lübeck Lübeck (; Low German also ), officially the Hanseatic City of Lübeck (german: Hansestadt Lübeck), is a city in Northern Germany. With around 217,000 inhabitants, Lübeck is the second-largest city on the German Baltic coast and in the stat ...

* 2. GCOCP 1996 in

Münster Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state di ...

* 3. GCOCP 1997 in

Bonn The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr r ...

* 4. GCOCP 1998 in

* 5. GCOCP 1999 in

Hoyerswerda Hoyerswerda () or Wojerecy () is a major district town in the district of Bautzen in the German state of Saxony. It is located in the Sorbian settlement area of Upper Lusatia, a region where some people speak the Sorbian language in addition to ...

* 6. GCOCP 2000 in

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in th ...

* 7. GCOCP 2001 in

* 8. GCOCP 2003 in

Hanover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...

* 9. GCOCP 2004 in

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...

* 10. GCOCP 2005 in

* 11. GCOCP 2006 in

Nuremberg Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...

* 12. GCOCP and 1. AIF 2007 in

Wiesbaden Wiesbaden () is a city in central western Germany and the capital of the state of Hesse. , it had 290,955 inhabitants, plus approximately 21,000 United States citizens (mostly associated with the United States Army). The Wiesbaden urban area ...

* 13. GCOCP and 2. AIF 2008 in

Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as ...

* 14. GCOCP and 3. AIF 2009 in

* 15. GCOCP and 4. AIF 2010 in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

* 16. GCOCP and 5. AIF 2011 in

Oldenburg Oldenburg may also refer to: Places *Mount Oldenburg, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica *Oldenburg (city), an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany **Oldenburg (district), a district historically in Oldenburg Free State and now in Lower Saxony *Olde ...

* 17. GCOCP and 6. AIF 2012 in

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...

* 18. GCOCP and 7. AIF 2013 in

Bielefeld Bielefeld () is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 341,755, it is also the most populous city in the administrative region (''Regierungsbezirk'') of Detmold and the ...

* 19. GCOCP and 8. AIF 2014 in

Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( , , ; South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the third-largest city of the German state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital of Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants. ...

* 20. GCOCP and 9. AIF 2015 in

Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its na ...

* 21. GCOCP and 10. AIF 2016 in

Magdeburg Magdeburg (; nds, label=Low Saxon, Meideborg ) is the capital and second-largest city of the German state Saxony-Anhalt. The city is situated at the Elbe river. Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the Archdiocese of Magdebu ...

* 22. GCOCP and 11. AIF 2017 in

Hannover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...

* 23. GCOSP and 12. AIF 2018 in

Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...

Organisation

The German Congress on Crime Prevention (GCOCP) on behalf of the German Foundation for Crime Prevention and Offender Support (DVS) is responsible for the organisation of the congress.

Erich Marks Erich Marks (born June 22, 1954, in Bielefeld) is a German educationalist and the managing director of thCrime Prevention Council of Lower Saxony Furthermore, he is the managing director of the German Foundation for Crime Prevention and Offender S ...

is managing director of the GCOCP. Chairman of the DVS i
Hans-Jürgen Kerner

Partner

The GCOCP thrives on the commitment of the different organisations and institutes which participate as Congress Partners.

Permanent National Partners

DBH

German Forum for Crime Prevention (DFK)

Police Crime Prevention at State and National Level (ProPK)

Permanent International Partners

European Forum for Urban Security (EFUS)

World Health Organization (WHO)

UN-HABITAT

Korean Institute of Criminology (KIC)

Programme Advisory Board

In preparation for each congress a programme advisory board shall be constituted where organiser and the permanent as well as the host program partners are represented. The programme advisory board is responsible for the content arrangement of the respective congres
Programme Advisory Board

Literature

* Marc Coester / Erich Marks (Ed.): International Perspectives of Crime Prevention 4: Contributions from the 4th and the 5th Annual International Forum 2010 and 2011 within the German Congress on Crime Prevention, Mönchengladbach 2012 * Coester, Marc / Marks, Erich (Ed.): International Perspectives of Crime Prevention - Contributions from the 3rd Annual International Forum, Mönchengladbach 2010 * Erich Marks / Wiebke Steffen (Ed.): Engagierte Bürger - Sichere Gesellschaft. Ausgewählte Beiträge des 13. Deutschen Präventionstages (2.-3. Juni 2008, Leipzig), Mönchengladbach 2009 * Marc Coester / Erich Marks (Ed.): International Perspectives of Crime Prevention 2 - Contributions from the 2nd Annual International Forum 2008, Mönchengladbach 2009 * Erich Marks / Wiebke Steffen (Ed.): Starke Jugend - Starke Zukunft. Ausgewählte Beiträge des 12. Deutschen Präventionstages (18.-19. Juni 2007, Wiesbaden), Mönchengladbach 2008 * Marc Coester / Erich Marks (Ed.): International Perspectives of Crime Prevention - Contributions from the 1st International Forum, Mönchengladbach 2008

References

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External links

German Congress on Crime Prevention (GCOCP)

DPT-University

Annual International Forum for Crime Prevention (AIF)

Searching Platform of the DPT Institute

Platform for Professionals
Crime prevention