Celebrate Safe Communities - Safe Neighborhoods and Communities

Baltimore's Comprehensive Communities Program: A Case Study

National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2004

The Bureau of Justice Assistance Comprehensive Communities Program: A Preliminary Report, Research in Brief

National Institute of Justice, 1998

Chelsea, Massachusetts: A City Helps Its Diverse People Get Along

Bureau of Justice Assistance, 2000

Cities Without Drugs: The "Major Cities" Guide to Reducing Substance Abuse in Your Community

Office of National Drug Control Policy, 2005

Citizen Corps

Bureau of Justice Assistance, 2004

Closing Streets and Alleys To Reduce Crime: Should You Go Down This Road?

Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, 2004

Community Cleanup

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1999

Community Policing for Mayors: A Municipal Service Model for Community Policing and Beyond
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, 2006

Communitywide Strategies to Reduce Child Abuse and Neglect: Lessons From the Safe Kids/Safe Streets Program

National Institute of Justice, 2004

Comprehensive Communities Program: A Unique Way to Reduce Crime and Enhance Public Safety

Bureau of Justice Assistance, 2000

Comprehensive Communities Program: Program Account

Bureau of Justice Assistance, 2001

Comprehensive Communities Program: Promising Approaches

Bureau of Justice Assistance, 2001

Crime Prevention Publicity Campaigns

Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, 2006

Disrupting Street-Level Drug Markets

Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, 2007

Engaging the Community in Project Safe Neighborhoods

Bureau of Justice Assistance-Sponsored, 2005

Evaluation of SACSI in Winston-Salem: Engaging the Community in a Strategic Analysis of Youth Violence

National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2004

Everyday Watch Questions for Officers and Deputies

National Sheriff’s Association, 2008

Fort Worth's Comprehensive Communities Program: A Case Study

National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2004

Keeping Children Safe: OJJDP's Child Protection Division

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2000

Partnership, Problem-Solving, and Research Integration -- Key Elements of Success in SACSI: Phase I Findings From the National Assessment of the Strategic Approaches to Community Safety Initiative

National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2002

Practical Guide to Media Outreach for Project Safe Neighborhoods

Bureau of Justice Assistance-Sponsored, 2006

Raising Awareness and Educating the Public

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2000

Revitalizing Communities: Innovative State and Local Programs

Bureau of Justice Assistance, 1997

Rural Crime Brochure

National Sheriff’s Association, No publication date indicated

Securing the Future for Safer Youth and Communities

Bureau of Justice Assistance- and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention-Sponsored, 1998

Solutions for Safer Communities: FY 2005 Annual Report to Congress

Bureau of Justice Assistance, 2007

Strategic Approaches to Community Safety Initiative (SACSI) in 10 U.S. Cities: The Building Blocks for Project Safe Neighborhoods

National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2005

Strategic Approaches to Community Safety Initiative (SACSI) in St. Louis, Final Report 

National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2005

Strategic Approaches to Reducing Firearms Violence: Final Report on the Indianapolis Violence Reduction Partnership

National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2003

Surveying Communities: A Resource for Community Justice Planners

Bureau of Justice Assistance, 2003

The Teens, Crime, and the Community Initiative

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2001

Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)

The mission of BJA is to provide leadership and services in grant administration and criminal justice policy development to support local, state, and tribal justice strategies to achieve safer communities.

Citizen Corps

Citizen Corps is a nationwide program that promotes volunteer activities that support community safety and homeland security. Citizen Corps programs and partners build on the successful efforts that are in place in many communities across the United States to prevent crime and respond to emergencies.

Community Capacity Development Office (CCDO)

The mission of CCDO is to work with local communities to design strategies for deterring crime, promoting economic growth, and enhancing quality of life.

National Association Citizens On Patrol

This national non-profit organization supports Citizen Patrol Volunteers. These volunteers work together within a Citizen Patrol organization in their community to assist and support law enforcement in the reduction of crime.

National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC)

NCPC produces tools that communities can use to learn crime prevention strategies, engage community members, and coordinate with local agencies.

Neighborhood Watch Program

This program was created by the National Sheriffs' Association, in conjunction with BJA, to advance this cause by encouraging the initiation and/or revitalization of Neighborhood Watch programs throughout the country.

Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN)

PSN is a nationwide commitment to reduce gun crime in the United States by networking existing local programs that target gun crime and providing those programs with additional tools needed for success.

Resources for Safety and Preparedness Special Feature

This NCJRS Special Feature provides concerned citizens, service providers, allied professionals, and military families with information on Citizen Preparedness, including publications and related resources on citizen preparedness in the community.

Weed and Seed Program

Weed and Seed aims to prevent, control, and reduce violent crime, drug abuse and gang activity in designated high-crime neighborhoods across the country.

Search the NCJRS Abstracts Database and visit the Crime Prevention: Community Responses section of our site for additional publications and resources on this topic.

Data on Crime and Law Enforcement

Publications

Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies

Bureau of Justice Statistics, Annual Report

Crime and the Nation's Households

Bureau of Justice Statistics, Annual Report

Crime in the United States

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Annual Report

Criminal Victimization

Bureau of Justice Statistics, Annual Report

Criminal Victimization in the United States -- Statistical Tables

Bureau of Justice Statistics, Annual Report

Federal Law Enforcement Officers

Bureau of Justice Statistics, Semiannual publication

Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics, 2000: Data for Individual State and Local Agencies with 100 or More Officers

Bureau of Justice Statistics, Semiannual Report

Local Police Departments

Bureau of Justice Statistics, Semiannual Report

Sheriffs' Offices

Bureau of Justice Statistics, Semiannual Report

Related Resources

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)

The mission of BJS is to collect, analyze, publish, and disseminate information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government. See BJS’s Crime & Justice Data Online for specific data on crime and justice agencies at the state and local level.

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program

Through its annual publications, the UCR Program compiles the volume and rate of crime offenses for the nation, the states, and individual agencies. The UCR Program also reports on the number of law enforcement officers killed or assaulted in the line of duty each year.

Visit the following sections of our site for additional publications and resources on this topic:

Crime 
Law Enforcement

Gangs

Publications

2005 National Gang Threat Assessment

National Alliance of Gang Investigators Associations and Bureau of Justice Assistance, No publication date indicated  

Addressing Community Gang Problems: A Practical Guide

Bureau of Justice Assistance, 1998

Best Practices To Address Community Gang Problems: OJJDP's Comprehensive Gang Model
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2008

Parents' Guide to Gangs

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention-Sponsored, 2006

A Parent's Quick Reference Card: Recognizing and Preventing Gang Involvement
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2007

Responding to Gangs: Evaluation and Research

National Institute of Justice, 2002

Solutions to Address Gang Crime: A Resource CD-ROM for Law Enforcement

Bureau of Justice Assistance and Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, 2006

Street Gangs and Interventions: Innovative Problem Solving with Network Analysis

Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, 2005

Youth Gang Programs and Strategies

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2000

Related Resources

At-Risk Youth and Gang Prevention

This Department of Justice (DOJ) Web site highlights information and resources from DOJ agencies related to at-risk youth and gang prevention activities.

In the Spotlight: Gangs

This section of our Web site contains comprehensive information on gangs, including facts and figures, legislation, publications, programs, training and technical assistance, and grants and funding.

National Gang Center (NGC)

NGC is a collaborative effort between the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). The NGC Web site links to the latest information on anti-gang programs and links to a wide range of resources.

National Gang Crime Research Center (NGCRC)

Included in the NGCRC mission statement is to promote research on gangs, gang members, and gang problems in cooperation with federal, state, and local government agencies.

National Youth Gang Center (NYGC)

The purpose of the NYGC is to assist policymakers, practitioners, and researchers in their efforts to reduce youth gang involvement and crime by contributing information, resources, practical tools, and expertise towards the development and implementation of effective gang prevention, intervention, and suppression strategies.

Search the NCJRS Abstracts Database and visit the following sections of our site for additional publications and resources on this topic:

Crime: Gang Crime
Juvenile Justice: Gangs

Neighborhood Watch and Safety

Publications

Citizen Action for Neighborhood Safety

Community Capacity Development Office, 1997

Clandestine Drug Labs

California Attorney General's Crime and Violence Prevention Center, No publication date indicated

Getting To Know Neighborhoods

National Institute of Justice, 2000

Homeowners' Associations and Neighborhood Watch

National Sheriff’s Association, 2008

How to Recognize the Signs of a Clandestine Methamphetamine Laboratory

New York Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, 2006

Methamphetamine Abuse: Challenges for Law Enforcement and Communities

National Institute of Justice, 2006

Neighborhood Watch Implementation Manual

National Sheriff’s Association, No publication date indicated

Neighborhood Revitalization & Disorder: An Intervention Evaluation, Final Project Report

National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2001

Related Resources

Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)

The mission of BJA is to provide leadership and services in grant administration and criminal justice policy development to support local, state, and tribal justice strategies to achieve safer communities.

National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC)

NCPC produces tools that communities can use to learn crime prevention strategies, engage community members, and coordinate with local agencies.

Neighborhood Watch Program

This program was created by the National Sheriffs' Association, in conjunction with BJA, to advance this cause by encouraging the initiation and/or revitalization of Neighborhood Watch programs throughout the country.

Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN)

PSN is a nationwide commitment to reduce gun crime in the United States by networking existing local programs that target gun crime and providing those programs with additional tools needed for success.

Weed and Seed

Weed and Seed aims to prevent, control, and reduce violent crime, drug abuse and gang activity in designated high-crime neighborhoods across the country.

Search the NCJRS Abstracts Database for additional publications and resources on this topic.

Reentry

Publications

But They All Come Back: Rethinking Prisoner Reentry

National Institute of Justice, 2000

The Effect of Incarceration and Reentry on Children, Families, and Communities (Background Paper)

The Urban Institute, 2002

Engaging the Community in Offender Reentry

National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2002

Major Study Examines Prisoners and Their Reentry Needs

National Institute of Justice, 2007

Preparing Prisoners for Returning Home: A Process Evaluation of West Virginia's Offender Reentry Initiative

Bureau of Justice Assistance-Sponsored, 2007

Reentry Programs for Women Inmates

National Institute of Justice, 2005

Related Resources

Prisoner Reentry

This Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Web site provides a wealth of resources about offender reentry, including the Reentry Resource Map, which provides information at the Federal, state, and local levels that are relevant to the field of reentry. The Resource Map provides descriptions of the grantees of OJP's Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative, other OJP activities and resources, state agency contacts, and descriptions of and links to local reentry-related organizations and resources.

Reentry Trends in the United States

This section of the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) Web site presents data on inmates returning to the community after serving time in prison.

Search the NCJRS Abstracts Database and visit the Corrections: Reentry/Release section of our site for additional publications and resources on this topic.

California Research Bureau, August 2006

Kansas Sex Offender Policy Board Report - January 2007

Kansas Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, January 2007

Managing Sex Offenders: Citizens Supporting Law Enforcement

Bureau of Justice Assistance, 2007

Sex Offender Community Notification: Assessing the Impact in Wisconsin, Research in Brief

National Institute of Justice, 2001

Should Texas Change Its Laws Dealing with Sex Offenders?

Texas House of Representatives House Research Organization, October 2006

Unintended Consequences of Sex Offender Residency Laws: Can GIS Mapping Help?
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2008

Related Resources

Center for Sex Offender Management (CSOM)

CSOM is a national project that supports state and local jurisdictions in the effective management of sex offenders under community supervision.

National Sex Offender Public Registry

This Web site allows the public access to public information regarding the presence or location of offenders, who, in most cases, have been convicted of sexually-violent offenses against adults and children and certain sexual contact and other crimes against victims who are minors.

Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART) Office

The mission of the SMART Office is to ensure that convicted sex offenders are prohibited from preying on citizens through a system of appropriate restrictions, regulations, and internment.

Search the NCJRS Abstracts Database and visit the Justice System: Sex Offender Registries section of our site for additional publications and resources on this topic.

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