Crime Prevention Programs

Contents

• Crime Prevention Program Examples
• Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
• Additional Information Resources
• Related MRSC Pages
• Youth Violence and Crime Prevention Programs

Crime Prevention Program Examples

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

• General
  • Chelan County Crime Prevention
  • Federal Way Crime Prevention and Public Education
  • Kent Community Education Unit
  • Seattle Police Safety and Prevention
• Working with Business and Downtown Associations
  • Business Alliance: Planning for Business and Community Partnerships (), 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
  • Anacortes Police - Citizens Auxiliary Patrol
  • Bellingham - Police Senior Volunteer Program
  • Kenmore Police Volunteers
  • Mount Vernon Citizens on Proactive Patrol (COPP)
  • Ocean Shores  - Police Volunteers  
  • Whatcom County Sheriff Community Volunteers
• Housing
  • Bellingham Crime Free Rental Housing
  • Tacoma Crime Free Housing Program
  • Tukwila Crime-Free Multi-Housing Program
  • Walla Walla Crime Free Rental Housing
• 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 (), National Criminal Justice Reference Service, Bulletin From the Field, 2000
  • Neighborhood Crime Prevention and Safety - Solutions for America - Operated by the Pew Partnership for Civic Change
• Special Programs
  • Watch Your House Service
    • Clyde Hill House Watch Program
    • Edmonds Vacation Crime Watch Form ()
  • Watch Your Car Program () - National Criminal Justice Reference Service, Bureau of Justice Fact Sheet FS 000261, April 2000
  • Safe House Program  (McGruff) - Spokane C.O.P.S. Program
• Surveillance Cameras, Video Cameras
  • Long Lens of the Law: Do Police Cameras Reduce Crime? It Depends on How Cities Use Them, by John Buntin, Governing, May 2009
  • Colville Video Surveillance Policy (), 5-09
  • Kent Video Camera Information()
  • Port Angeles Resolution 23-08 () - Video Surveillance Policy, 12-08 
• Traffic and Parking
  • Disabled Parking Enforcement - Kent
  • Curb Racing Achieve Safer Highways (CRASH) - Kent  
  • Speed Monitoring Awareness -  Renton

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)

• Crime Prevention through Environmental Design: CPTED 40 Years Later, 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, Police Chief, January 2010
• Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design and Community Policing () -  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 (), 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 (), 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 -  Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design 
  • Spokane C.O.P.S Program -  Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
  • Seattle Police Department -  Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
  • Tacoma -  City of Tacoma CBS Program:  Synopsis of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) ()

Additional Information Resources

• Crime Prevention- Center for Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement, Bureau of  Justice Assistance,
• Crime Prevention Topics- National Criminal Justice Reference Service
• Crime Prevention: Are We Missing the Mark? By Chief Julian Fantino, Chief of Police, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Police Chief, March 2004
• Crime Prevention Resources - Corporation for National Community Service
• National Crime Prevention Council
  

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