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Nearly Half of Women in Sweden’s ‘Vulnerable’ Areas Feel Unsafe After Dark
Nearly half of the women in Sweden’s ‘vulnerable areas’, sometimes referred to as no-go zones, feel insecure in their own neighbourhoods in the evening, according to the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (Brå).
The new report released on Friday claims that 48 percent of women living in Sweden’s often heavily migrant-populated ‘vulnerable areas’ say they feel insecure about...
Sweden to Restart Collection of Stats Linking Crime to Immigration, Liberals Upset
Sweden is likely to restart collection of statistics that record the link between migrants and crime for the first time in over a decade as concerns about the country’s violent crime rate and rape problem grow.
“It can now be noted that the demand in the community debate on updated information on the relationship between crime on the one hand and descent and migration on the other hand is so strong...
Swedish: Gathering Ethnic Data of Suspects Not Part of Our Mission
It is normal in other countries to get as much knowledge as possible to take action.
The Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (Brå) has said that it will not gather ethnic or migrant background data on criminal suspects, claiming the data would not help its mission.
The statement came after an inquiry from Moderate Party politician Tomas Tobé who, like many others, has argued that the statistics...