July 2006

SPECIAL FOCUS: Crime Prevention

Guest Editor: Beth Currier, staff liaison to the IACP Crime Prevention Committee

Photo provided by the IACP Crime Prevention Committee. IACP Crime Prevention Committee mission: to promote the prevention of crime as fundamental to a free and safe society; to strive to develop crime prevention as a top priority for comprehensive crime control initiatives worldwide; and to anchor crime prevention in each department’s organizational philosophy and policy.

Articles

• Effecting Change: Avoiding the Pitfalls

  By By William Young, Professor, Organizational Behavior, Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, Indiana

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• Leadership, Crime Prevention, and Community Outreach Programs

  By By the IACP Crime Prevention Committee

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• The Economics of Prevention: Reducing Costs and Crime

  By By Alfonso E. Lenhardt, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Crime Prevention Council, Washington, D.C.

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• Adopting Neighborhoods to Prevent Crime

  By By Michael W. Martin, Captain, and Douglas L. Davis, Chief of Police, Waynesboro, Virginia

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• Downtown Security Collaborative

  By By Lucy Gerold, Deputy Chief of Police, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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• Neighborhood Emergency Assistance Team

  By By Steve Knauf, Chief of Police, Taylor Mill, Kentucky

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• School Resource Officer and Drug Testing Outreach

  By By Richard Busick, Chief of Police, Swanzey, New Hampshire

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• McGruff House: A Crime Prevention Tool for Local Law Enforcement

  By By Tibby Milne, Executive Director, Utah Council for Crime Prevention, Salt Lake City, Utah

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• Working with a Neighborhood Community Prosecutor

  By By Steven Jansen, Director, and Ellen Dague, Attorney, National Center for Community Prosecution, American Prosecutors Research Institute, Alexandria, Virginia

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• Democratic Reform in Polish Policing

  By By Willard M. Oliver, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX; Paul M. Klenowski, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Thiel College, Greenville, PA; and Andy DiMambro, Graduate Student, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX

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• Humanizing Motor Vehicle Collisions

  By By James Schweitzer, Director, South Carolina Department of Public Safety, Blythewood, South Carolina

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• Halting Impaired Driving

  By By Brian A. Ursino, Assistant Chief, Washington State Patrol

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