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

Links

Canada: General

The Caledon Institute: www.caledoninst.org

• The Caledon Institute has produced a number of resources in the areas of crime prevention and community mobilization. Visitors may be particularly interested in their Community Stories series that attempts to describe promising approaches to crime prevention through social development.

The Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD): www.ccsd.ca

• The material on their sub-site on Crime Prevention Through Social Development is particularly pertinent.

Canada: Federal Government

National Crime Prevention Centre: www.publicsafety.gc.ca

• This site defines the national crime prevention strategy and describes its programs and activities. The site can currently be accessed through www.psepc-sppcc.gc.ca 

Provincial/Territorial Governments

• These sites provide descriptive information on the policies and programs of provincial and territorial governments in the area of prevention.

Alberta : www.gov.ab.ca/just/
British Columbia: www.gov.bc.ca
Manitoba: www.gov.mb.ca
New Brunswick: www.gov.nb.ca
Newfoundland and Labrador: www.gov.nf.ca
Northwest Territories: www.gov.nt.ca
Nova Scotia: www.gov.ns.ca
Nunavut: www.gov.nu.ca
Ontario: www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca
Québec: www.msp.gouv.qc.ca

• Visitors may find the section on the journal Intersection (published in French) useful, especially the section on “Artère principale” which reports on the results of specific problem-solving initiatives (go to: http://www.msp.gouv.qc.ca/police/police.asp?txtSection=publicat)

Québec – Centre québécois de ressources en promotion de la sécurité et en prévention de la criminalité : www.crpspc.qc.ca
Saskatchewan: www.saskjustice.gov.sk.ca
Yukon: www.gov.yk.ca  

Municipal level

Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM): www.fcm.ca

• Two documents produced by the FCM are of particular relevance:
  • The Primer on Municipal Crime Prevention (2000)
  • The FCM “Policy Statement on Community Safety and Crime Prevention” (1997)

International level

International Centre for the Prevention of Crime (ICPC): www.crime-prevention-intl.org

• There is a wealth of information available on this site. Users may find the Crime Prevention Digest II: A comparative Analysis of Successful Community Safety (1999), and 100 Crime Prevention Programs to be good sources of information and ideas.

The United Nations – The Office on Drugs and Crime: www.unodc.org

• Visitors may find the work of the Commission on Crime on crime prevention and community safety useful. The UN guidelines on effective crime prevention can also be found here.

The Campbell Collaboration – the Crime and Justice Coordinating Group: http://www.campbellcollaboration.org/

• This international group of scholars aims to facilitate the creation, updating and dissemination of systematic reviews of scientific literature on crime prevention. Their work is described in a brief article entitled “Toward evidence-based criminology and criminal justice: The Campbell Collaboration” (published in The Forum of the Justice Research and Statistics Association in April 2001)

Australia – The Australian Institute of Criminology: www.aic.gov.au

• In addition to hosting the Campbell Collaboration’s Crime and Justice Coordinating Group, the AIC also provides a range of prevention related resources. Visitors may find the “AICrime reduction matters” series a particularly useful source of summaries on approaches and programs.

France – La Délégation interministérielle à la ville : www.ville.gouv.fr

• This site is an excellent source of information on developments in France. Of particular interest is information on the “contrats de ville”, which is the French approach to comprehensive municipal planning in the areas of crime and prevention.

United Kingdom – The Home Office: www.homeoffice.gov.uk

• For example, an article by Nick Tilley and Gloria Laycock on “Working out what to do: Evidence-based crime prevention” (Crime Reduction Series paper 11) provides a useful review of the types of information problem-solvers should have at their disposal.
• The Research Development and Statistics Directorate of the Home Office produces and disseminates wonderful evidence on the results of prevention initiatives (go to: www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/ to access this material).
• Crime Reduction Website (Home Office, UK): www.crimereduction.gov.uk

United Kingdom – Youth Justice Board: www.youth-justice-board.gov.uk

• The YJB aims to prevent offending by children and youth by preventing crime, identifying and dealing with young offenders and reducing re-offending. This site is a good source of material on an integrated approach to these matters.

United Kingdom – The Audit Commission: http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/

United Kingdom – Crime Concern: www.crimeconcern.org.uk

United States:

• The Department of Justice – National Institute of Justice: www.ncjrs.org 
• The National Crime Prevention Council (USA): www.ncpc.org
• Jerry Lee Centre of Criminology: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/jerrylee/
  • This is the host site for the some of the work related to the report by L. Sherman, et al., on What Works? What Doesn’t? What’s Promising? (1997). The Center also sponsors and organizes a range of activities related to prevention. Please note that this site is currently being redesigned, and there may be some difficulties in accessing it.
• Fight Crime Invest in Kids: www.fightcrime.org 
• Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (University of Colorado): www.colorado.edu/cspv/blueprints
  • The main focus of this site is on research-based Blue Prints for implementing or replicating programs to reduce crime.
• The Center for Problem-Oriented Policing: www.popcenter.org
• RAND – Safety and Justice Program: http://www.rand.org/ise/safety/

 

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