Safe Communities and Crime Prevention

• PanPacific Safe Communities Network – This is an international NGO with a wide range of resources and links on a broad array of safety issues in a community.  http://www.ppscn.org/links 

• Families First – This is a BC Govt site that addresses crime and safety in communities.  https://www.familiesfirstbc.ca/learn-about-families-first/safe-communities-strong-families 

• Parachute Canada ~ preventing injuries – This is an NGO with many partners offering a very wide range of information on how to make a community safe and keep individuals and children from getting injured.   http://www.parachutecanada.org/safecommunities 

• National Safety Council – This is a national industry organization with extensive information on safety issues.  http://www.nsc.org/safety_work/SafeCommunitiesAmerica/Pages/InternationalSafeCommunitiesMovement.aspx 

• Safe Community Network – This is a list of communities around the world who are formally designated or pursuing designation as a “safe community.”  http://www.ki.se/csp/who_safe_communities_network_en.htm .  The European center for this movement is at: http://www.safecomeurope.com/2011/default.asp?cmd=200&MenyID=5 

• Victorian Safe Communities Network Australia – This is an informative website for an active group in Australia in the safe community network.  http://www.vscn.org.au/ 

• Community Crime Prevention Guide – These are resources from the BC Government outlining how a community can work together to prevent crime. http://www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/crimeprevention/crime/; http://www.criminaljusticereform.gov.bc.ca/en/what_you_can_do/ 

• Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) – This is the page on the RCMP site outlining what CPTED entails along with additional resources.  http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/pubs/ccaps-spcca/safecomm-seccollect-eng.htm 

• The Design Center for CPTED – This site offers a good overview of CPTED and design strategies to minimize crime.  http://www.designcentreforcpted.org/ 

• The International CPTED Association – The site of the international NGO promoting CPTED around the world.  http://www.cpted.net/ 

• Liahona Security CPTED training – This company offers good courses on CPTED in Canada.  http://www.liahonasecurity.com/cptedtraining.html 

• A CPTED Bibliography – This is an exhaustive list of publications on CPTED and related issues.  http://www.lisc.org/csi/images/strategies_&_solutions/asset_upload_file348_16777.pdf 

• CPTED Guidebook – A good online book on CPTED.  http://www.learningace.com/doc/5462473/6d0f2b0957c2c94e8ea2e5966959f23c/cpted-guidebook 

• CPTED Alternatives overview – This is a short article that outlines alternative perspectives to conventional CPTED.  http://www.canadiansecuritymag.com/Risk-Management/Editorial/Alternatives-to-CPTED.html 

• Center for Problem-Oriented Policing – A center associated with several universities working on innovative responses to crime and policing.  http://www.popcenter.org/about/ 

• The Role Arts Play in Crime Prevention – A great short document outlining how arts and arts programs can help prevent crime.  http://www.artsnetwork.ca/sites/default/files/3683_CrimePreventionFactsheet_0.pdf