City and police agree on cooperation in Oberhausen
Mayor Daniel Schranz and Police Commissioner Ingolf Möhring signed the cooperation agreement in July 2016. This was the starting signal. "Kurve kriegen", the NRW initiative against juvenile delinquency, has arrived in Oberhausen. The project is now being implemented in close cooperation with local institutions in the Criminal Investigation Department Prevention Victim Protection.
From August 1, 2016, support was also provided by a pedagogical specialist who is available at all times as a contact person in the Criminal Investigation Department Prevention/Victim Protection.
Children and young people are protected from a permanent slide into crime - the number of crimes committed by children and young people is reduced.
The police are tasked with preventing crime and therefore have a duty to take preventative action. The number of juvenile multiple offenders and therefore the high number of crimes can be reduced if young offenders are dealt with at an early stage and in a targeted manner.
Children and young people aged 8-15 who have committed an unlawful act of violence or three serious property crimes and whose life circumstances are burdened by so many problems that there is a risk of a permanent slide into crime.
was developed by the Ministry of the Interior and Local Government on the basis of the findings of the commission of inquiry to draw up recommendations for an effective prevention policy. It is based on five measures:
- Early identification of particular crime risks
Using a standardized risk screening process, the police take into account individual factors in the target group that could lead to a long-term slide into crime and draw up a prognosis. The legal guardians of children and young people at high risk of crime are visited and offered the opportunity to be visited by a pedagogical specialist if they agree to this.
- Competent multi-professional teams of specialists
Educational specialists from independent child and youth welfare organizations are integrated into the work of the police by means of service contracts. They visit families in consultation with the youth welfare office and, if necessary, offer their child the opportunity to take part in Kurve Kriegen. Their consent is required for participation. The educational professionals are then permanently available as contact persons.
- Joint and connecting network work
The educational specialists at the police act as a kind of link to the youth welfare office, coordinate the network work and draw up a needs profile for the children, young people and their families concerned in consultation with the youth welfare office.
- A modular system for individual measures
Educational professionals have a "toolbox" with various measures from regional providers at their disposal for the participants of Kurve kriegen in order to work on the causes in a targeted and individualized manner. Content: skills training (e.g. anti-aggression training, parent training), integrative offers (e.g. learning assistance, language and sports courses), offers from various counseling centers (e.g. addiction or debt counseling).
- Financial participation of the state
To prevent juvenile delinquency, the state of NRW contributes financially to support measures for the target group. The measures initiated by the police team of experts as part of Kurve kriegen are of particular interest to the state of NRW, as they specifically prevent youth crime and are (partially) financed from project funds.