Faculty of Social Sciences Institute for the Prevention of Crime

• IPC
  • Mission and goals
  • Why?
  • Programs
  • Who are we?
  • Sponsors and collaboration
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• Trends
  • How crime is measured
  • Violent crime
  • Property crime
  • Public opinion about crime
• Explanations
  • Risk factors related to crime
  • Limits of policing and criminal justice
• Costs
  • Cost of the criminal justice system
  • Cost to victims
  • Other costs
  • References
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• What is crime prevention?
• What has worked
  • Targeting risk factors
  • Problem-solving partnerships
  • How do we know what has worked?
  • Role of police
• Who endorses
  • Support in Canada
  • Support from around the world
  • Support from economists
  • Support from the private sector
• How to implement
  • Problem-solving process
  • Governance structure
  • Guides and Toolkits
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• National Working Group
• Municipal Network
• Key resources
  • Crime prevention references
  • Links

Other costs

• Canadians spent $10 billion in 2003 on security devices and protective services (JustResearch, 2003).
• In 2001, the insurance industry paid out $243 million in claims for residential and commercial burglaries (Fedorowycx, 2004).

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