NCJ Number
39035
Date Published
1976
Length
16 pages
Annotation
INFORMATION ON SOME PROVEN AND UNIQUE PROJECTS WHICH COULD BE DUPLICATED BY LOCAL CHAPTERS OF THIS LEAA-FUNDED NATIONWIDE COOPERATIVE COMMUNITY CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAM OF THE GENERAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS.
Abstract
THE BASIC GOALS OF THE HANDS UP PROGRAM ARE TO INCREASE NATIONAL AWARENESS OF THE CITIZEN'S ROLE IN CRIME REDUCTION AND TO ENCOURAGE THE FORMATION OF LOCAL ACTION GROUPS CHARGED WITH DEVELOPING AND ACTING UPON RECOMMENDED SOLUTIONS TO CRIME PROBLEMS. THE IDEAS AND RESOURCES IN THIS GUIDE ARE SEPARATED INTO FIVE CATEGORIES - ADULT CRIME REDUCTION AND PREVENTION, JUVENILE CRIME REDUCTION AND PREVENTION, ADULT CORRECTIONS, JUVENILES IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, AND COURT-RELATED PROJECTS. FOR RELATED DOCUMENTS ON THE HANDS UP PROGRAM, SEE NCJ-39033-34 AND 36....ELW