Publications, Conferences, Training Events, and Other Resources

Worth noting...

From NCPC: Safer Seniors: A Crime Prevention Awareness Kit

This kit, written for community resource liaisons, was designed to help teach seniors about fraud, safety, and crime prevention so they can learn how to protect themselves and feel safer. The kit includes a DVD and reproducible brochures covering home and personal safety, buying prescription drugs online, avoiding financial and investment fraud, outsmarting identity thieves, and preventing telemarketing fraud. Copies are $29.95 each plus shipping. To order, contact the NCPC Fulfillment Center at 800-NCPC-911 and ask for Item No. K34.

From NCPC: Be Smart and Safe With McGruff®

One of the most important things adults can do to prevent their children from joining gangs is to talk with them about how to stay safe. This booklet, designed for parents to work on with their children, features activities that help children make smart decision to stay safe and avoid gangs. Each activity takes about ten to 15 minutes to complete and helps parents strengthen their relationships with their children. To order, call NCPC’s Fulfillment Center at 800-NCPC-911and ask for Item No. M107.

From COPS: Crime Prevention Research Reviews No. 3: Does Neighborhood Watch Reduce Crime?

The third publication in the Crime Prevention Research Review series, this report summarizes the findings from all rigorous academic studies evaluating Neighborhood Watch. The meta-analysis finds that Neighborhood Watch is associated with a reduction in crime. The analysis is based on very few studies due to the lack of randomized experiments in evaluating Neighborhood Watch. Policy implications include recommending more experimental design evaluations of Neighborhood Watch and encouraging police to utilize programs like Neighborhood Watch that work best in their local areas. Click here to view a PDF or get ordering information.

Girls Study Group Bulletins From OJJDP

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) created the Girls Study Group in 2004 to better understand delinquency in girls. Since the majority of delinquent offenders are boys, the Girls Study Group hoped to better inform policy for female juvenile offenders. OJJDP will release a series of bulletins to highlight the Girls Study Group’s findings. The first bulletin, Violence by Teenage Girls: Trends and Contexts, is already available online (PDF). For more information about the research project, visit the OJJDP website.

OJJDP Bulletin on Children’s Advocacy Group Centers’ Response to Child Sexual Abuse

Researchers at the University of New Hampshire’s Crimes Against Children Research Center evaluated the Children’s Advocacy Center model and reported on the role these centers play and how the model could be improved in future. The full bulletin can be downloaded in PDF format from the National Criminal Justice Research Service website.

Conference: American Society of Criminology

November 12–15, 2008

St. Louis, MO

The American Society of Criminology will hold its annual meeting in St. Louis this year. Sessions on evidence-based crime prevention, corporate crime prevention and control, violence and animal cruelty, school-based crime prevention, and innovative approaches to crime prevention will be offered. For more information and a preliminary program, visit the American Society of Criminology website.