Celebrate Safe Communities - Safe Neighborhoods and Communities

Solutions for Safer Communities: FY 2005 Annual Report to Congress

Bureau of Justice Assistance, February 2007

Disrupting Street-Level Drug Markets

Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, 2007

Crime Prevention Publicity Campaigns

Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, June 2006

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

Office of National Drug Control Policy, November 2005

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

National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, October 2005

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

National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, June 2005

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

National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, June 2005

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

Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, September 2004

Citizen Corps

Bureau of Justice Assistance, June 2004

Fort Worth's Comprehensive Communities Program: A Case Study

National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, January 2004

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

National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, October 2003

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

National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, July 2002

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, April 2002

The Teens, Crime, and the Community Initiative

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, June 2001

Comprehensive Communities Program: Promising Approaches

Bureau of Justice Assistance, April 2001

Comprehensive Communities Program: Program Account

Bureau of Justice Assistance, March 2001

Keeping Children Safe: OJJDP's Child Protection Division

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, March 2001

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

Bureau of Justice Assistance, December 2000

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

Bureau of Justice Assistance, January 2000

Raising Awareness and Educating the Public

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, January 2000

Securing the Future for Safer Youth and Communities

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

Revitalizing Communities: Innovative State and Local Programs

Bureau of Justice Assistance, June 1997

General - 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.

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 Crime Prevention Council (NCPC)

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

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.

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 Tables

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

Data on Crime and Law Enforcement - 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 Crime and Law Enforcement sections of our site for additional publications and resources on this topic.

Gangs - Publications

Addressing Community Gang Problems: A Practical Guide

Bureau of Justice Assistance, May 1998

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

National Gang Threat Assessment 2009
National Gang Intelligence Center, January 2009

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, July 2002

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

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

Street Gangs and Interventions: Innovative Problem Solving with Network Analysis

Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, November 2005

Youth Gang Programs and Strategies

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, August 2000

Gangs - Related Resources

In the Spotlight: Gangs

This section of the NCJRS 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.

Search the NCJRS Abstracts Database and visit the Crime: Gang Crime and Juvenile Justice: Gangs sections of our site for additional publications and resources on this topic.

Neighborhood Watch and Safety - Publications

Neighborhood Watch: An Implementation Manual for Citizens and Law Enforcement
National Sheriff's Association, May 2009

Bicycle Theft
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, June 2008

Does Neighborhood Watch Reduce Crime?
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, April 2008

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

National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, August 2001

Role of Local Government in Community Safety
Bureau of Justice Assistance, April 2001

Getting To Know Neighborhoods

National Institute of Justice, October 2000

Citizen Action for Neighborhood Safety

Community Capacity Development Office, August 1997

Neighborhood Watch and Safety - 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 Safety Network (NSN): Safety Tool Kit
The NSN Safety Tool Kit was created by the Consumer Product Safety Commission to help keep people safe in and around their homes. 

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.

USAonWatch 
The National Sheriffs' Association, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Justice, launched the USAonWatch site to be the face of the National Neighborhood Watch initiative. USAonWatch empowers citizens to become active in community efforts through participation in Neighborhood Watch groups.

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

Reentry Partnerships: A Guide for States & Faith-Based and Community Organizations 
Bureau of Justice Assistance-Sponsored, December 2008

Planning and Assessing a Law Enforcement Reentry Strategy 
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, August 2008

Life After Lockup: Improving Reentry From Jail to the Community
Bureau of Justice Assistance, May 2008

Effectiveness of Prisoner Reentry Services as Crime-Control: The Fortune Society
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2008

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

Bureau of Justice Assistance-Sponsored, December 2007

Major Study Examines Prisoners and Their Reentry Needs

National Institute of Justice, October 2007

Prisoner Reentry and Community Policing: Strategies for Enhancing Public Safety
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, March 2006

Reentry Programs for Women Inmates

National Institute of Justice, July 2005

Engaging the Community in Offender Reentry

National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, August 2002

But They All Come Back: Rethinking Prisoner Reentry

National Institute of Justice, May 2000

Reentry - 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.

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.

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

Sex Offender Residency Restrictions: How Mapping Can Inform Policy
National Institute of Justice, July 2008

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, December 2001

Sex Offenders - Related Resources

Center for Sex Offender Management (CSOM)

CSOM is an Office of Justice Programs (OJP) project that supports state and local jurisdictions in the effective management of sex offenders under community supervision.

National Sex Offender Public Web Site

This Web site allows 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.

Sex Offenders Special Feature
This NCJRS Special Feature contains publications and links to materials and Web sites related to offender registration, community notification, offender supervision and management, as well as offender treatment and recidivism.

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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