EUCPN European Crime Prevention Network – Secretariat

The European Crime Prevention Network contributes to developing the various aspects of crime prevention at the Union level, taking account of the EU crime preventive strategy, and supports crime prevention activities and good practices at the national and local level.

Name NWP	EUCPN European Crime Prevention Network - Secretariat
Remarks (optional)	-
NWP of	UGhent please contact Hannah Verbeke at imarc@ugent.be
Professional field NWP	Crime prevention policy and practice
Organisational structure	International organisation, with other sections/departments/divisions in Europe
Short description NWP organisation	The European Crime Prevention Network contributes to developing the various aspects of crime prevention at the Union level, taking account of the EU crime preventive strategy, and supports crime prevention activities and good practices at the national and local level. The EUCPN aligns its priorities with the agreed EU priorities as regards to the fight against organised crime.
Thematic key words (following the criteria of IMARC dimensions)	One (or more) of IMARC’s three dimensions: border crossing, security One (or more) themes within these dimensions: Human Smuggling Human Trafficking Theory & (research) Methodology EU Law & Policy on Justice and Home Affairs Crime prevention within different topics Organised crime
Research needs and/or research questions NWP	Research on crime prevention Students can also make an analysis of policy and methodology
Offer NWP: the role of the IMARC researcher	independent conduct of research participant observation, fieldwork access to data/documents possibility to consult experts and specialists internship/traineeship administrative tasks other, namely: It could be a possibility that the intern should work on a particular theme chosen by the EU Presidency. Then (s)he needs to write a theoretical paper and/or help to write a toolbox of this topic. For this toolbox, the intern would need to search and evaluate best practices of this topic from the EU MS. It is then intended to check what has already happened or happens for the moment in the EU and where possible improvements are possible. The intern needs to focus on existing literature, send a survey to the EU MS and maybe even organize a meeting/workshop with experts in this topic. Another possibility could be that the intern monitors recent developments in the field of crime prevention.
Number of IMARC researchers that can be placed at NWP per academic year	1 per year
Is it possible for IMARC researchers to have other forms of research collaboration and data collection (other than internship)?	Yes, namely: Data collection Survey Interviews Document/archival research Participant observation Networking Of course, we are more than happy to assist students in case they would like to have information or contacts on crime prevention in different Member States
Financial compensation (for IMARC researchers)	No
Selection procedure	Yes: Motivation letter and a reference
Which language is required?	English
Certain agreements that need to be respected, such as screening procedures for students and confidentiality of the data, and the like?	Yes: students will need to deliver a certificate of conduct in order for our administration to approve their internship
Possible start date / end date internship and/or other research collaboration	September – December 2020

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