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Posts from March 2009

Feed Item Dating: A New Crime Prevention Strategy?
A new report has found that teens in serious dating relationships are less likely to commit crime than peers who date casually. But before we ask our crime prevention officers to become matchmakers, let’s examine why those relationships may reduce crime. The authors of the study believe the key reason is the connection and sense of responsibility to another person that develops in a committed dating relationship.
Feed Item Teen and Tween Dating: Hazardous to their Health?
National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week has just concluded. A 2008 report commissioned...
Feed Item A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
“It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood, a neighborly day for a neighbor. Would you...
Feed Item The Benefits of CCTV
While wandering in an underground parking deck in a large city—because I had forgotten where I parked my car—I soon realized that I must be under camera surveillance. An estimated 30 million surveillance cameras are in use in the United States.
Feed Item "Sexting" and Other Picture Posting Pitfalls
In the past few weeks, I've read stories that should make us all pause and...
Feed Item New NCPC Resources Will Help You "Take A Bite Out Of Crime®"
It seems there is no escaping the continuous "bad news" about the economic downturn and its impact on crime—which is rising in some parts of the country. If you are a law enforcement officer you know the connection first hand. If you're a community crime prevention practitioner, you are probably frustrated by the reduced resources available to help you fight crime in your community.
Feed Item P.O.S.S.E Keeps Kids Out of Gangs
A recent NCPC training conference call on gangs sponsored by the Community Capacity Development Office attempted to answer the question, "Why Do Kids Join Gangs?" Oscar (Ossco) Bolton, founder of a Kansas City, MO, gang prevention organization gave his insights and he should know: Bolton was a former gang leader and helped recruit scores of youth into his gang. Nowadays, Bolton uses his influence for good and works with thousands of youth annually in the Kansas City area and provides positive alternatives to gangs through his organization— P.O.S.S.E. (Peers Organized to Support Student Excellence).
Feed Item Campaigning Against College Campus Crime
Ignorance is bliss. Right? Maybe, but not when the topic is crime on your own college campus. And just now, as a seasoned college senior, I realize the extent to which campus crime remains underreported and unpublicized. College students, we have been hoodwinked!
Feed Item Nowadays, Crime Prevention and Technology Are Often Interwoven
It didn’t take long for video images of the crash of the US Airways plane in the Hudson River to be available everywhere. The crash was recorded by a security camera, one of the most prevalent uses of technology in crime prevention.
Feed Item Social Networking - The Good and Bad
According to the Center for Media Research, "Most parents in the United States estimate that their children spend about two hours a month on the Internet. In reality, kids and teens are spending upwards of 20 hours a month surfing the Web. Forty-one percent of U.S. teens claim their parents have no idea what they are looking at online. The most popular online activities are online dating (23 percent), social networking (50 percent), and playing games (72 percent)."
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