Crime Prevention Programs

Contents

• Program Examples
• Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
• Resources

Program Examples

Many of the programs listed below use volunteers to carry out the programs.

• General
  • Chelan County Crime Prevention
  • Edmonds Crime Prevention Program
  • Kirkland Crime Prevention Programs
  • Seattle Police Crime Prevention
• Working with Business and Downtown Associations
  • Business Alliance: Planning for Business and Community Partnerships ( 24 KB), Bureau of Justice Assistance Fact Sheet, U.S. Department of Justice, Nov 1995.
  • Kent Business Watch
  • Kennewick Police Department Crime Prevention - Includes business and construction watch
• Citizen Volunteers see also individual topics
  • Bellingham Senior Volunteers Program
  • Skagit County RSVP - Assistance to Police Department ( 73 KB)
  • Whatcom County Sheriff Community Volunteers
• Housing
  • Kent Crime-Free Rental Housing Program
  • Tukwila Crime-Free Multi-housing Program
• Neighborhoods
  • National Neighborhood Watch Program - National Sheriffs' Association
  • National Night Out - National Town Watch Association
    • National Night Out: Building Police and Community Partnerships to Prevent Crime (1.33MB), National Criminal Justice Reference Service, Bulletin From the Field, 2000.
• Special Programs
  • Watch Your House Service
    • Clyde Hill House Watch Forms
    • Edmonds Vacation Crime Watch Form ( 9 KB)
  • Watch Your Car Program (665 KB) - National Criminal Justice Reference Service, Bureau of Justice Fact Sheet FS 000261, April 2000
  • Safe House Program  (McGruff) - Spokane C.O.P.S. Program
• Traffic and Parking
  • Disabled Parking Enforcement - Kent
  • Curb Racing Achieve Safer Highways (CRASH) - Kent 
  • Speed Monitoring Awareness -  Renton
• Youth Crime Prevention Programs - MRSC 

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)

• Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design and Community Policing ( 18 KB) -  National Criminal Justice Reference Service, NIJ Research in Action, US Department of Justice, August 1996.
• The Expanding Role of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design in Premises Liability ( 27 KB), National Criminal Justice Reference Service, by Corey L. Gordon and William Brill, NIJ Research in Brief, US Department of Justice. April 1996.
• Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design in Parking Facilities ( 49 KB), National Criminal Justice Reference Service, by Mary A. Smith, NIJ Research in Brief, US Department of Justice. April 1996.
• Selected MRSC Library Holdings - Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) -  Clicking on this link will take you to a list of documents available on loan through the MRSC library.
• Local Government Information
  • Federal Way -  CPTED Checklist Instructions
  • Spokane C.O.P.S Program -  Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
  • Seattle Police Department -  Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)

Resources

• Crime Prevention: Are We Missing the Mark? By Chief Julian Fantino, Chief of Police, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Police Chief, March 2004
• Crime Prevention Resources (training materials)
• National Crime Prevention Council
  

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