GROUP VIOLENCE INTERVENTION
GVI – a strategy to combat serious violence in criminal milieux
Group Violence Intervention (GVI) is a strategy for reducing violence in criminal milieux, in a specific city or neighbourhood, and is based on cooperation between the police, the municipality, the prison and probation service, and the local community.
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Hate crime in digital environments
21 December, 2022 Digital hate crimes are hate crimes that take place in digital environments, such as social media. The aim of this report was to improve the knowle... -
Data breaches reported to the police
20 December, 2022 This report describes the types of data breach offence that are currently being reported to the police in Sweden and the difficulties that police a... -
Call for presentations now open
30 November, 2022 You are most welcome to submit your abstract for the Stockholm Criminology Symposium. The symposium will take place on June 12–14 2023. -
Afrophobic hate crime
24 November, 2022 With the exception of hate crimes based on general xenophobic and racist motives, Afrophobia is the most common motive found among reported hate cr...
It is easy to misinterpret crime statistics, and this is especially true when it comes to making international comparisons. Here are the reasons why.
Brå conducts research to develop new knowledge and provides support to local crime prevention work. The results of Brå's work are a basis for decision makers within the judicial system, the Parliament and the Government.
The Swedish Crime Survey (SCS or Nationella trygghetsundersökningen – NTU – in Swedish) is an annual survey of the attitudes and experiences of the general population of Sweden regarding victimization, fear of crime and public confidence in the justice system.
Brå has the important task of reporting on crime trends in Sweden. In addition to statistics regarding reported offences and the Swedish Crime Survey we also use other statistical sources and research.