Research directions
Statistics on crime and the use of penal law
- Crime analysis, statistics and indicators of crime
- Observation of the Swiss statistical system of crime and the use of penal law
- History of Swiss crime statistics
- Production of data in this field (registration rules, standardization and harmonization of data)
Crime trends and statistical series
- Changes in the system of sanctions in Switzerland
- Detention and its use in Switzerland
- Prison sanctions and their future
- Changes in the Swiss prison system
- Evolution of the prison population
- Prison et social history
Prevention of torture
Analysis of the ratification of conventions by Switzerland and their implementation
Study of the methods of torture prevention by different organisations (NCPT, CPT, SPT)
Inquiry into the implementation of the review of the treaty bodies (2020)
