Congress 2018

The 23rd German Congress on Crime Prevention
will take place on the 11th and 12th of June 2018
in the State capital of the Free State Saxony,
Dresden, Germany.

The main topic will be "Violence and Radicalism -
Current Challenges for Prevention". A report on
the main topic has been written by Prof. Dr. Dirk Baier
(Zurich University of Applied Sciences).
The English version can be found here.

Hosting partner institutions are the federal
state of Saxony, the city of Dresden and
the Crime Prevention Council of Saxony.

The Programme of the Annual International Forum
is available with all details online and as download.

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