SSP Copenhagen

October 2009October 2009

Programme

1.The SSP organisation in Copenhagen

2.Crime prevention in Copenhagen

3.Individual case model

The SSP organisation The SSP organisation in Copenhagen

The SSP Copenhagen co-operation

• Department of Social ServicesSocial workers and case workers. The department has the social responsibility for children, youth and families

• Department of Culture and LeisureLibraries, sport and leisure centres.

• Department of Employment and Integration• Department of Employment and IntegrationLocal employment guides, works with integration and employment strategies

• Department of EducationTeachers and youth club workers. Schools and Youth clubs. Education and leisure activities.

• Police of CopenhagenLocal officers, crime prevention officers. Making house calls. Has a huge knowledge of young offenders and deliquents.

The districts

-17 districts

- Approx. 330 pers. involved in SSP Cph.

The organisational structure

SSP committee

14 local co-ordinating

SSP Secretariat

The Board:

1. Head of Department of Social Services

2. Head of Department of Culture and Leisure

3. Head of Department of Employment and Integration

4. Head of Department of Education

5. Chief officer of Copenhagen Police

1. Secretariat Director

2. 5 consultants

3. Secretary

4. Communcation worker

14 local co-ordinating committees

17 local groups

1. The local Chief Constable

2. Head of the local Social

Services Centre

3. School Principle

4. Youth Club Principle

Representatives from:

1. Schools and youth clubs (e.g. teachers)

2. Social workers

3. Police officers from Crime Prevention Offices & local units

4. Culture workers and many others from the 4 departments

Crime prevention in Copenhagen

4 types of efforts

1. General effort

2. Specific effort

3. Individual effort

4. Crisis management

General efforts

Campaigns Parental education: ”En teenager i familien”

Specific efforts

”Family courses”

Projects aimed at specific groups of children or young people

The individual effort

SSP individual case model:

”Ung i job” (”Young at work”)

Crisis management (local or general)

Individual case modelIndividual case model

Individual cases

Quick response

Gathering of people responsible for action

Level of crime

Responsibility of the different parts of SSP (Who’s doing what!)

What defines an individual case?

• Age – young people below the age of 16

• Behaviour – disturbing, troubling or violent behaviour• Behaviour – disturbing, troubling or violent behaviour

• Special needs – a need for joint action with the involvement of several departments

• Type of crime – first offence, subsequent serious offences and dangerous offences against people

4 levels

Level 1: behaviour that is worrying. Examples: very young

boys and girls who hang out on streets at late hours or are often

absent from school.

Responsible: SSP local group

Action: contact to parents, letter of concern and/or visit from

crime prevention police officerscrime prevention police officers

Level 2: First offence. Examples: theft, vandalism and

possession of knife.

Responsible: SSP local group

Action: home visit conducted by crime prevention police

officers with a discussion of school, leisure etc.

4 levels

Level 3: Subsequent serious offences. Examples: burglary,

drug dealing ect.

Responsible: SSP co-ordinating committee

Action: Home visit conducted by social services. Temporary plan of

action with 7 days, final plan of action within 3 weeks.

Level 4: Dangerous offence against people. Examples: assault

and battery, robbery and use of a weapon

Responsible: SSP co-ordinating committee

Action: Immediate assessment of emergency action and placement.

Immediate home visit conducted by social services. Temporary plan of

action within 7 days, final plan of action within 3 weeks.