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Although billions of dollars have been spent on crime prevention and control programs during the past decade, scientifically strong impact evaluations of these programs are uncommon in the context of the overall number of programs that have received funding. "Improving Evaluation of Anticrime Programs" is designed as a working guide for agencies and organizations responsible for program evaluation, for researchers who must design scientifically credible evaluations of government and privately sponsored programs, and for policy officials who are investing more and more in the concept of evidence-based policy to guide their decisions in crucial areas of crime prevention and control. ... Read more

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Schools are a natural environment for prevention programmes as an infrastructure exists for reaching large numbers of children during their formative years. This volume evaluates the effectiveness of school-based programmes designed to prevent social problems among young people. The author focuses on prevention of behavioural, social and academic problems, and emphasizes the role of education in substance abuse prevention and health.

Durlak argues that the school is a unique social and organizational structure that must be understood before innovations in prevention are introduced. With this in mind, he traces the development of theory and practice, identifies exemplary prevention efforts and documents the continued growth ... Read more

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Respect & Protect is a practical, step-by-step violence prevention and intervention program for schools and communities. It guides adults in "get tough" measures, anger management training, conflict resolution, and peer mediation. Awareness training and needs assessment are integrated throughout the program and are continually measured through outcome evaluation. The manual is filled with over 100 pages of reproducible worksheets, questionnaires, surveys, and other valuable forms. ... Read more

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This digital document is a journal article from Evaluation and Program Planning, published by Elsevier in 2005. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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California's voter-initiated Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act (SACPA) mandated a large-scale criminal justice policy shift, offering community-based, court-monitored treatment for non-violent drug-involved adult offenders in lieu of incarceration. In this article, we analyze implementation issues that arose during SACPA's first year. Issues were identified in focus groups conducted with stakeholders in 10 counties. For the analysis we adapted Winter's [Winter, S. (1990). Integrating implementation research. In D. J. Palumbo & D. J. Calista (Eds.), Implementation and the policy process: Opening up the black box (pp. 19-38). New York: Greenwood Press] framework for studying policy implementation to focus on policy interpretation, target group behavior, agency and interagency implementation practices, and 'street-level bureaucrats.' Among the issues examined are: local control; drug court influences; high need clients; interagency communication and cooperation; filing and prosecution of cases; infusion of the therapeutic ethos; interagency assessment teams; monitoring and reporting; service delivery problems and solutions; insufficient resources; and staff workload and burnout. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by Thomson Gale on July 29, 2005. The length of the article is 585 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Task force prioritizes plan for public safety.(Crime)(Battling the meth epidemic and building on prevention programs are among goals)
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: July 29, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Page: c1

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This digital document is an article from Security Management, published by American Society for Industrial Security on December 1, 1993. The length of the article is 1869 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Companies can limit and detect cases of employee theft by implementing a loss prevention awareness program that includes employee interactive programs and store operations support. The loss prevention program details the security department's policies on employee hiring, orientation, training and investigations, which would serve as deterrents to employee theft. Other deterrents to theft include the installation of physical safeguards such as door seals and the establishment of merchandise controls and integrity shopping programs.

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Title: Selling employees on loss prevention. (program to limit employee theft)
Author: Steven Adler
Publication: Security Management (Refereed)
Date: December 1, 1993
Publisher: American Society for Industrial Security
Volume: v37Issue: n12Page: p30(4)

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This digital document is an article from Security Management, published by American Society for Industrial Security on December 1, 1997. The length of the article is 1904 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Public schools need to address the issue of violence in their premises and its prevention through an encompassing violence-prevention program which includes not only law enforcement but also the involvement of social service agencies and the surrounding community. The program itself should include measures for violence suppression and prevention, intervention and collaboration. Many of those who can cause or are a cause of violence happen to be students who have the right to be on campus. Thus, traditional and non-traditional security measures must be considered.

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Title: New course for school security. (violence-prevention program for public schools)
Author: Jansen M. Robinson
Publication: Security Management (Refereed)
Date: December 1, 1997
Publisher: American Society for Industrial Security
Volume: v41Issue: n12Page: p35(5)

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This digital document is an article from Journal of School Health, published by American School Health Association on January 1, 1999. The length of the article is 4743 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: This survey determined if selected Texas public school districts provided an established child sexual abuse prevention program for elementary schools. The survey examined the type of program being implemented, training available for faculty and staff, type of evaluation used, involvement of local agencies, and type of funding sources. Survey data were obtained from a nonrandomized sample of 89 largest public school districts in Texas, all recording an average daily attendance over 5,000. Fifty-eight of the 89 districts addressed child sexual abuse as a formal prevention program or as an awareness program. Training for child sexual abuse prevention program presenters was offered in 89% of districts. Consistent, effective evaluation was minimal. Funding for prevention programs was limited or unknown. Results confirmed the need for consistent, effective child sexual abuse prevention programs in elementary schools. (J Sch Health. 1999;69(1):3-8)

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Title: Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Programs in Texas Public Elementary Schools.
Author: Beth Lanning
Publication: Journal of School Health (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 1999
Publisher: American School Health Association
Volume: 69Issue: 1Page: 3(1)

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This digital document is an article from Security Management, published by American Society for Industrial Security on February 1, 2001. The length of the article is 3278 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: LEAVING ROBBERS BARREN.(Canadian robbery prevention program)(Statistical Data Included)
Author: Brian R. Abraham
Publication: Security Management (Refereed)
Date: February 1, 2001
Publisher: American Society for Industrial Security
Volume: 45Issue: 2Page: 42

Article Type: Statistical Data Included

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This digital document is an article from Security Management, published by American Society for Industrial Security on September 1, 1999. The length of the article is 2376 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: The poor management of fraud prevention programs in corporations is one of the reasons why the problem is still rampant. Many companies have not developed antifraud strategies and have not created a team that will focus on overseeing countermeasures to prevent theft of information, money and even goods. Another factor that hampers the success of fraud prevention is the lack of knowledge of the people involved in the development of countermeasures to determine ways of making fraud difficult to practice.

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Title: Why are companies losing the fraud fight?(fraud prevention programs)
Author: Reg F. Hayton
Publication: Security Management (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 1999
Publisher: American Society for Industrial Security
Volume: 43Issue: 9Page: 224(3)

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This digital document is an article from Social Work Research, published by National Association of Social Workers on June 1, 2001. The length of the article is 7869 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Evaluating a sexual assault and dating violence prevention program for urban youths.(Statistical Data Included)
Author: Arlene N. Weisz
Publication: Social Work Research (Refereed)
Date: June 1, 2001
Publisher: National Association of Social Workers
Volume: 25Issue: 2Page: 89

Article Type: Statistical Data Included

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This digital document is an article from Security Management, published by American Society for Industrial Security on May 1, 1989. The length of the article is 1369 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: An LP a day. (loss prevention programs)
Author: Daniel J. DiBardino
Publication: Security Management (Refereed)
Date: May 1, 1989
Publisher: American Society for Industrial Security
Volume: v33Issue: n5Page: p61(2)

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This digital document is an article from Security Management, published by American Society for Industrial Security on May 1, 2004. The length of the article is 2106 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: How are behavior, crime, and design related? By using behavior-based design, planners can take crime prevention through environmental design into new territory.(Viewpoint)(Crime prevention through environmental design)
Author: Tom McKay
Publication: Security Management (Refereed)
Date: May 1, 2004
Publisher: American Society for Industrial Security
Volume: 48Issue: 5Page: 146(3)

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The Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act funds programs that have been proven effective in curbing crime among juvenile probationers and young at-risk offenders. This report summarizes, for fiscal year 2008-2009, Corrections Standards Authority-mandated outcome measures from each of the programs, as well as county-determined supplemental outcomes. ... Read more

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The increase of crime at the national, transnational, and international levels has heightened concern in the international community and generated greater interest in international criminal justice policy. Since the 1950s, the United Nations has been developing the Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, which was designed to respond to these concerns. But United Nations resources and support for the programme have been limited, notwithstanding the services and contributions of the Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Branch.As the United Nations celebrates its Fiftieth Anniversary, it is fitting to have a book that describes the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme. The information it contains highlights the significant contributions of a number of organizations, whose work may not be sufficiently known outside the circles of scholars, experts, and professionals in the field of international criminal justice. The book is thus also a deserving tribute to these organizations, giving greater publicity to what they have contributed over the years with scant United Nations recognition. Without these organizations and the active NGOs, the United Nations would hardly have leave to claim part of what is now an important, though still insufficient, contribution to international criminal justice. ... Read more

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This book evaluates the newest efforts and initiative aimed at preventing burglary, discusses their merits and shortcomings, and suggests how improvements might be incorporated in burglary prevention programs. ... Read more

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For courses in contemporary issues in policing. This collection of articles by leading police researchers focuses on the 'nuts and bolts' of effective police program evaluation. The articles focus on the process and methodology of program evaluation and include evaluation reports on a wide range of policing programs including community policing programs, firearms suppression programs, crime prevention programs, gang units and drug task forces. ... Read more