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January 2010

This issue discusses crime prevention practices. Fear of crime remains high despite a downward trend in crime rates. The goal of crime prevention efforts is to diminish the likelihood of crime from happening. Crime prevention through environmental design–related practices broaden partnerships within communities and enhances the quality of life in those communities. Cover photograph courtesy of Richard Schneider.

Articles

  • Thinking Like a Thief Is the Key to Crime Prevention

    By Jeffrey Dingle, Senior Instructor, LSI, Nicholasville, Kentucky
    Understanding crime prevention starts with defining what is crime prevention in today’s world. That seems like an easy thing to define—“crime prevention” is the “prevention of crime”—but...

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  • 2009 IACP Awards

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  • A Systematic Process for Creating Business Watch Programs in Private Organizations

    By Philip S. Deming, Certified Protection Professional, Certified Fraud Examiner, SPHR Senior Professional in Human Resources, Grant Consultant on behalf of the ASIS Foundation, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
    Many police departments have developed successful Business Watch programs as part of their crime prevention community outreach initiatives. These Business Watch programs, like neighborhood watch progr...

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  • Crime Prevention Matters

    By Ann Harkins, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Debra Whitcomb, former Director of Research, National Crime Prevention Council, Washington, D.C.
    The U.S. public thinks crime is a serious problem and believes that crime is worse today than it was in 2006. This finding was consistent across national surveys conducted in the fall of 2007 by three...

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  • Crime Prevention through Environmental Design: CPTED 40 Years Later

    By By Captain Ed Book, District Commander, Gainesville, Florida, Police Department; and Professor Richard Schneider, Urban and Regional Planning, College of Design, Construction, and Planning, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
    There is new evidence that supporting crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) related approaches can enhance crime prevention resources in local law enforcement and broaden partnerships ...

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  • Making Crime Prevention a Priority

    By By Ron Francis and Jeff Wamboldt, Crime Prevention Officers, Kenosha, Wisconsin, Police Department
    Two incidents changed Kenosha's crime prevention efforts from a part-time activity to a full-time assignment....

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  • Officer Safety: Making the Vision a Reality

    By By Terry Milam, Chief of Police, St. John Police Department, Missouri; and General Chair, IACP Division of State Associations of Chiefs of Police
    SafeShield was born in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. During the 2002 midyear meeting of the SACOP Division, there was a discussion of the need to understand the current a...

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  • Rebranding Crime Prevention

    By By Robert Goetz, Sergeant; Aaron Snell, Officer; and Ed Golden, Officer, Everett, Washington, Police Department
    Everett is a medium-sized city that includes the largest Boeing aircraft manufacturing facility in the United States, Naval Station Everett with the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier group, and the P...

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  • Highway Safety Initiatives: Rural Fatal Crashes

    By Richard J. Ashton, Chief of Police (Retired), Frederick, Maryland; and Grant/ Technical Management Manager, IACP
    Rural America, where about a quarter of the United States’ population lived in 2007, supplies nourishment to the world, offers the allure of a way of life that is far less hectic and complicated tha...

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