I. CRIME PREVENTION THEORIES, STRATEGIES & REPORTS

There are many reports & studies about crime prevention measures. While the information below are dense, they are nevertheless very interesting to read - if you have the time for it:

• Crime Prevention: Theory and Practice ("..Strategies for crime prevention: A model for devising situational crime prevention programs..")
• Technological Innovation for Crime Prevention: An Incentive Programme by Dutch Central Government
• The Crime And Disorder Act: Community Safety And The Reduction And Prevention Of Crime - A Conceptual Framework For Training And The Development Of A Professional Discipline ("..This paper builds on a range of crime reduction experience in the Home Office and elsewhere..")
• Social Crime Prevention Strategies ("..This chapter describes social crime prevention strategies that can be effectively employed to reduce and prevent crime.
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II. CRIME PREVENTION TIPS & TUTORIALS

Easy to follow and to understand are the many crime prevention tips on the net. We have found the best of them, covering virtually every important aspect such as personal (including rape), home (including child safety, robbery and your car) and about office crime:

• Crime Prevention Tips (By the City of Phoenix: Crimes Involved Baby-sitting, Burglary, Fraudulent Schemes, Cars etc. Detailed Do's and Don'ts)
• Crime Prevention Tips: A Parent's Guide to Alcohol and Other Drug Use Prevention, Child Safety Tips, Fairfax County Business Watch, Get A Jump on Carjacking, Robbery Prevention, Talking With your Kids About Drugs, Your Path to Personal Safety etc.)
• Financial Crimes: Fin. Crimes Home Page, Bad Checks, Check Forgery, Credit Card Theft/Fraud, Credit Reporting Agencies Construction Fraud, Embezzlement, False Pretense, Identity Theft, Protecting Yourself etc.
• Crime Prevention Tips (By the Ontarios police. 24 subjects covered, nicely done)
• Crime Prevention - Raising Streetwise Kids: A Parents Guide
• Addressing the Personal Security Issues of Women and Girls (PDF, 4 pg.)
• Clear Limits and Real Opportunities: The Keys to Preventing Youth Crimes (Detailed)
• Crime Prevention Tips (Over twenty very useful crime prevention tips)
• Personal Security Issues Concerning Women And Girls ("..This fact sheet provides information about personal security issues concerning women and girls -- a priority focus of the National Strategy -- and explores possible crime prevention strategies to address these issues..")
• Rape Prevention Page (Articles/Information)
• Home Security & Invasion (Crime Prevention Tips)
• Crime prevention strategies that have evolved FROM street crime (Article)
• Taking the Long View: Can Crime be Prevented from Early Childhood? (Forum/Article)
• Understanding and Preventing Violence ("Issues and Findings: Discussed in the Research in Brief: The findings of the National Academy of Sciences Panel on the Understanding and Control of Violent Behavior, established to review the current status of research in violence..")
• Crime Prevention Menu (Including: Protect Your Home, Auto-Theft Protection, Protect You and Your Car Crime Prevention for Kids, Crime Prevention for Seniors, Sexual Assault Prevention)
• Crime Prevention (Tips from Singapore with Punishment Information)
• The View from the Street (Background information about street gangs)
• Crime Prevention Tips Self Defense With Non Lethal Weapons - Protecting Your Self When Traveling)
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III. CRIME PREVENTION & PROTECTION

There are many products on the market which can help you to defend and protect yourself or your home. We have put a random assortment together so you can see what's available:

• Defensive Chemicals (OC Pepper and OC Pepper/CS Tear Gas Blend products; Spray)
• Self Defense and Security Products
• Stun guns, pepper sprays, mace, alarms, hidden cameras, personal protection)
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IV. PUBLICATIONS & BOOKS

Books are always a good resource and it make sense to be aware of it:

• Crime Prevention at Cross Roads; Papers [$]
• The Date Rape Prevention Book : The Essential Guide for Girls and Women
• Handbook of Loss Prevention and Crime Prevention
• Recommended Books About Violence and Crime Prevention
• Educational children's crime prevention books
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