Campus Lectures – Security in Focus: Crime as Moral Actions

To create effective crime prevention policies, it's important to understand why people commit acts of crime and embark on criminal careers. Grounded in Situational Action Theory (SAT) and its Developmental Ecological Action Model (DEA model), and its testing, this talk will cover four main parts: the problem and limitations of common approaches to crime prevention; the causes of crime events; the drivers of people’s criminal careers; the implications of all this for the direction and focus of developing effective integrated crime prevention policies.

Campus Lectures - Security in Focus is a series of events of the section Risk, Safety and Security Management of FH Campus Wien University of Applied Sciences. The event "Crime as Moral Actions" gives the audience a unique insight into crime research.

About 

The lecture will be held by Per-Olof H. Wikström (PhD, Docent, Stockholm University), FBA, is Emeritus Professor of Ecological and Developmental Criminology at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge.

Program

• 4.00 pm: Check-in
• 4.30 pm: Opening
  FH-Prof. DI Dr. Martin Langer - Head of Degree Programs Integrated Safety and Security Management, Integrated Risk Management, FH Campus Wien University of Applied Sciences
• 4.45 pm: Crime as Moral Actions
  Per-Olof H Wikström, FBA, Professor Emeritus, University of Cambridge
• Followed by: Discussion and questions from the audience
• From 6.00 pm: Networking and conclusion

Registration and Participation

Please register by March 19, 2025. Participation is free of charge.

• Students and graduates of the section of Risk, Safety and Security Management: FH-Portal
• Students from other programs and external experts: Eveeno

Participation only after confirmed registration.

Further information

Should you require sign language interpreters, technical support for hearing impairments or anything else for accessible participation, please contact Ilse Kotratschek by March 7, 2025 at ilse.kotratschek@fh-campuswien.ac.at.

We will take photos and videos at this event. The recordings will also be published on social media channels and in print media to present our activities.