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ICPC Documentation Centre

The ICPCs documentation centre gathers over 3000 documents related to crime prevention. This includes documentation on national prevention policies, diverse initiatives and programs, statistics, reports and other articles on subjects such as violence against women, juvenile delinquency, drugs, and urban security.

The ICPC collection is open to the public from 10 am to 4 pm (Est), Monday-Friday. 

Recent additions to the ICPC documentation centre: 

Reports:

Arcand, M. & Cullen, J.E. (2004). Promising practices: Survey of police involvement in crime prevention through social development in Canada, Ottawa: Ministry of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.
http://www.sgc.gc.ca/policing/publications_e.asp

Subjects: Canada; Crime prevention, police involvement; Social development; Social risk factors; Prevention programs; Promising practices USE Good practices; Bullying; Graffiti.

 
Boisteau, C. (2003). Sécurité, dynamiques urbaines et privatisation de l’espace à Johannesburg, Lausanne : Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne.

Sujets : Afrique du Sud; Johannesburg; Sécurité publique; Sécurité privée; Pauvreté; Sentiment d’insécurité.

 
Decker, S. (2003). Policing gangs and youth violence (The Wadsworth Contemporary Issues in Crime and Justice Series), Belmont: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.

Subjects: United States; Youth gangs; Community policing; Problem solving; Police gang units; Drug related crime; Prevention programs; Boston’s youth violence prevention program; The anti-gang initiative in Detroit.

 
Fleming, J. (2005). 'Working together': Neighbourhood watch, reassurance policing and the potential of partnerships (Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice; no 303), Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology.

Subjects: Australia; Neighbourhood watch; Reassurance policing.

 
Glenn, H. [et al.] (2004). Calgary's crime prevention through social development network: Youth at risk, Ottawa: National Crime Prevention Council.
http://www.ameno.ca/docs/MRC%20Crime%20Prevention%20Study.pdf

Subjects: Canada; Calgary; Crime prevention; Social development; Youth at risk; Juvenile delinquency; Risk factors; Poverty; Alcohol abuse; Aboriginal youth; Crime prevention strategies; Early intervention.

 
Harris, D.A. (2005). Good cops: The case for preventive policing, New York: The New Press.

Subjects: United States; Policing; Crime prevention; Problem solving.

 
Mouzos, J. (2005). Homicide in Australia: 2003-2004 National Homicide Monitoring Program (NHMP) annual report (Research and Public Policy Series; no 66), Canberra: Australian institute of Criminology.

Subjects: Australia; National homicide Monitoring Program; Homicide offenders; Intimate partners homicide.

 
Journals:

(2005). Crime & Delinquency (Vol.51, no 4), Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications.

The articles presented are:

‘Evaluation of probation case management (PCM) for drug-involved women offenders’
‘Race and the impact of detention on juvenile justice decision making’
‘Too late for luck: A comparison of post-furman exonerations and executions of the innocent’
‘Structural theories and race-specific drug arrests: What structural factors account for the rise in race-specific drug arrests over time?’
‘Which substance and what community? Differences in juvenile disposition severity’
‘The influence of mandatory arrest policies, police organizational characteristics, and situational variables on the probability of arrest in domestic violence cases’

 
(2005). Crime prevention and community safety: An international journal (Vol.7, no 4), Leicester: Perpetuity press.

The articles presented are:

‘Using the internet for criminology and criminal justice research: Applications, benefits and pitfalls’
‘Crime prevention strategies in neighbourhoods dominated by rental property’
‘Models of local security networks: On the diversity of local security networks in the Netherlands’
‘Surveying fear: Crime, buses and new paint’
‘A letter from the council of Europe: Cybercrime and organised crime’

 
Canadian Criminal Justice Association (2005). Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice = Revue canadienne de criminologie et de justice pénale (Vol.47, no 4), Ottawa : [The Author].

The articles presented are :

‘Adolescent delinquency and health’
‘Open-street camera surveillance and governance in Canada’
‘Another look at the ‘Corporate advantage’ in routine criminal proceedings’

 
The European Society of Criminology (2005). European Journal of Criminology (Vol. 2, no 4), London: SAGE Publications and The European Society of Criminology.

The articles presented are:

‘Configuring security and justice’
‘The novelty of cybercrime: An assessment in light of routine activity’
‘The Bosnian police and integrity: A continuing story’
‘Crime and justice in Germany: An analysis of recent trends and research’