The ICPCs documentation centre gathers over 2700 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 on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Recent additions to the ICPC documentation centre:

 

 

Adler, P. A. (1993). Wheeling and dealing: An ethnography of an upper-level drug dealing and smuggling community, New York: Columbia University Press.

 

Subjects: United States; Narcotics, Control of; Smuggling; Marijuana; Cocaine; Drug trafficking; Law enforcement; Drug policy; Drug dealers; Reintegration.

 

Australian Capital Territory Department of Education, Youth & Family Services (2003). No violence in schools: Building healthy relationships for young people project [Electronic document], Greenway ACT: Commonwealth of Australia.

 

Subjects: Australia; Domestic violence USE Family violence, Impact on children; School-based prevention program; Building healthy relationships for young people project; Program evaluation; Bullying; Child abuse.

 

Bourgeois, P. (2003). In search of respect: Selling crack in El Barrio, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

 

Subjects: United States; Puerto Rico; Drug abuse; Crack; Drug dealers; Crackhouse management.

 

Carrière. D. (2003). Les services correctionnels pour adultes au Canada, 2001-2002 (Juristat; Vol. 23, no 11), Ottawa: Statistique Canada.

 

Sujets: Canada; Services correctionnels; Statistiques; Taux d'incarcération; Libération conditionnelle.

 

Ciccone McCutcheon, A. (2003). Statistiques sur les tribunaux de juridiction criminelle pour adultes, 2002-2003 (Juristat; Vol. 23, no 10, Novembre 2003), Ottawa: Statistique Canada.

 

Subjects: Canada; Statistiques; Tribunaux; Crimes contre la personne; Homicide; Vol; Agressions sexuelles; Voies de fait; Harcèlement; Prostitution; Crimes reliés à la drogue.

 

Frühling, H. & Tulchin, J. with Golding H.A. (2003). Crime and delinquency in Latin America: Citizen security, democracy and the state, Washington: Woodrow Wilson International center for Scholars.

 

Subjects: Latin America; Brazil; Colombia; Argentina; Peru; The Carribean; Dominica; Jamaica; Crime; Violence; Criminal justice system, administration of; Case studies; Government policy; Community policing; Police reform; Transnational crime; Public security; National security; Insecurity; Fear of crime.

 

Home Office (2003). Older victims of burglary and distraction burglary - Recommendations for practitioners (Home Office Development and Practive Report;

no 11), London: [The Author].

 

Subjects: England; Burglary; Distraction burglary; Elderly people; Older victims of crime; Risk factors.

 

Jacobs, J.A. (1999). Dealing crack: The social world of streetcorner selling (The Northeastern Series in Criminal Behavior), Boston: Northeastern University Press.

 

Subjects: United States; Drug abuse; Drug dealers; Crack; Cocaine.

 

Jacobson, J. (2003). The reducing burglary initiative: Planning for partnership (Home Office Development and Practive Report; no 4), London: Home Office.

 

Subjects: England; The reducing burglary initiative; Partnership; Program evaluation.

 

 

Jäger, T., Bradley, C., & Rasmussen M. (eds.) (2003). Violence prevention in school using the internet: A European perspective, Landau: Verlag Empirische Padagogik.

 

Subjects: Germany; United Kingdom; Portugal; Finland; Denmark; School violence; Violence prevention; Internet resources; School systems; Bullying; Conflict resolution; Mediation.

 

Kleim, G. & Langlois, R. (2003). Statistiques correctionnelles du Québec 2000-2001 [Ressource électronique], Sainte-Foy: Ministère de la Sécurité publique.

 

Sujets: Canada; Québec; Statistiques; Service correctionnel; Contrevenants; Population carcérale; Libération conditionnelle; Probation; Crimes contre la personne; Homicide; Agression sexuelle; Extorsion; Vols; Méfaits; Recel; Crimes reliés aux drogues; Fraude; Prostitution; Corruption; Crimes contre la propriété; Infractions à la circulation routière; Infractions aux règlements municipaux; Population autochtones; Ressources humaines; Ressources financières.

 

Leggett, T. (2003). Rainbow tenement: Crime and policing in inner Johannesburg (ISS Monograph Series; no 78, April 2003), Pretoria: Institute for Security Studies.

 

Subjects: South Africa; Johannesburg; Crime statistics; The criminal justice monitoring project; Closed circuit television; Crime survey; Safety perception; Policing; Victimisation; Youth gangs; Drug use; Robbery; Citizen crime reporting; Burglary; Assault; Homicide; Vehicle theft; Hijacking; Environmental design; Police performance evaluation.

 

Lynch, M., Buckman, J. & Krenske, L. (2003). Youth justice: Criminal trajectories (Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice; no. 265, September 2003), Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology.

 

Subjects: Australia; The youth justice criminal trajectories research project; Program evaluation.

 

McCall, M. (2003). Results from the 2001-2002 National farm crime survey (Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice; no. 266, October 2003), Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology.

 

Subjects: Australia; National farm crime survey; Property crime; Theft; Vandalism; Financial costs; Citizen crime reporting.

 

Minnaar, A. (2003). Policing the ports: Reducing illicit trafficking in South Africa (ISS Monograph Series; no 84, May 2003), Pretoria: Institute for Security Studies.

 

Subjects: South Africa; Illicit trafficking; Airport security; Ports; Policing.

 

Morley, K. I., & Hall, W. D. (2003). Is there a genetic susceptibility to engage in criminal acts? (Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice; no. 263, October 2003), Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology.

 

Subjects: Australia; Criminal behaviour; Rick factors; Genetic.

 

Permanent Secretariat for Prevention Policy (2003). European Crime Prevention Awards: 2002 most promising practices, Brussels: Belgian Federal Public Service Interior, Permanent Secretariat for Prevention Policy, In co-operation with the European Commission.

 

Subjects: European Crime Prevention Awards; Best practices; Promising practices; Belgium; Neighbourhood mediation project; Denmark; Crime prevention and integration in the Borough of Inner Norrebro; United Kingdom; England; The not another drop campaign; Gun-related crime; Finland; The Karhupuisto Park project; France; The scheme for hosting youths in the tourist communities; Greece; The counceling center in the juvenile court of Athens project; The Netherlands; Football-related crime; Hooliganism; The social-preventive supporters' project; Portugal; Community policing; Sweden; The children of Europe school of culture.

 

Ramsay, M. (2003). Prisoners' drug use and treatment: Seven research studies

(Home Office Research Study; no 267), London: Home Office.

 

Subjects: England; Prison population; Drug use; Drug related crime; The rehabilitation of addicted prisoners trust program; Drug treatment program evaluation.

 

Robitaille, C., Guay, J-P., & Savard, C. (2002). Portrait de la clientèle correctionnelle du Québec 2001, Montréal: Société de criminologie du Québec pour la DGSC de Ministère de la Sécurité publique du Québec.

 

Subjects: Canada; Québec; Statistiques; Population carcérale, profil; Facteurs de risque; Décrochage scolaire; Emploi; Santé physique; Santé mentale; Suicide; Consommation d'alcool; Consommation de drogues; Jeux de hasard; Service correctionnel.

 

Royer, M-N. & Robitaille, C. (2002). Statistiques 2001 sur la criminalité au Québec [Ressource électronique], Sainte-Foy: Ministère de la Sécurité publique.

 

Subjects: Canada; Québec; Statistiques; Criminalité; Crimes contre la personne; Voies de fait; Agressions sexuelles; Homicide; Vols qualifiés; Infractions sexuelles; Négligence criminelle; Crimes contre la propriété; Crimes reliés aux drogues; Conduite avec facultés affaiblies; Criminalité juvénile.

 

Schönteich, M. & Boshoff, H. (2003). "Volk", faith and fatherland: The security threat posed by the White right (ISS Monograph Series; no 81, March 2003), Pretoria: Institute for Security Studies.

 

Subjects: South Africa; White right; Security.

 

Smith, D. G. (2003). Between the lines: An evaluation of the secured car park award scheme (Home Office Research Study; no 266), London: Home Office.

 

Subjects: England; Prevention program; The secured car park award scheme; Program evaluation; Case studies; Security; Closed circuit television; Fear of crime; Vehicule crime; Cost benefit analysis.

 

Thornton, A. [et al.] (2003). Distraction burglary amongst older adults and ethnic minority communities (Home Office Research Study; no 269), London: Home Office.

 

Subjects: England; Distraction burglary; Elderly people; Older victims of crime; Risk factors; Fear of crime.

 

Wallace, M. (2003). Statistiques de la criminalité au Canada, 2002 (Juristat; Vol. 23,

no 5), Ottawa: Statistique Canada.

 

Sujets: Canada; Statistiques; Taux de criminalité; Vol de véhicules; Vol qualifié; Homicide; Enlèvement; Agression sexuelle; Voie de fait; Crimes reliés à la drogue; Conduite avec facultés affaiblies.

 

Willis, K. & Rushforth, C. (2003). The female criminal: An overview of women's drug use and offending behaviour (Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice; no. 264, October 2003), Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology.

 

Subjects: Australia; Drug related crime; Women's drug use; Female offenders; Risk factors.

 

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Division of United States Studies (2002). Women's rights in theory and practice: Employment, violence and poverty - Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Washington, D.C. May 21-22, 2002, Washington: [The Author].

 

Subjects: United States; Women's rights; Employment; Gender equality; Violence against women USE Wife abuse; Poverty; Welfare; Conference proceedings.

Journal:

 

American Society of Criminology (2003). Criminology & Public Policy (Vol.3, no 1, November 2003), New York: [The Author].

 

The articles presented are:

 

“Public housing and violence- Editorial introduction”

“Violence among adolescents living in public housing: A two site analysis”

“Let’s put it in context”

“Beyond crime prevention: How the transformation of public housing has changes the policy equation”

“The state in public housing research”

“Sex offenders – Editorial introduction”

“Are sex offenders dangerous?”

“Without plea bargaining, Megan Kanka would be alive today”

“Sex offender registration and notification: Public attention, political emphasis, and fear”

“Domestic violence courts – Editorial introduction”

“Combating domestic violence: Findings from an evaluation of a local domestic violence court”

“The value of coordinated community responses”

Newsletters:

 

Crime Prevention Victoria (2003). Crime prevention works (no 2, December 2003), Victoria : [The Author].

 

The articles presented are:

 

“Victoria takes the steps to safety in community safety months”

“Safer design for Victoria: Planning for safer communities”

“Grappling with graffiti: A graffiti management strategy for Victoria”

“Seeking answers? Introducing the crime prevention knowledge bank”

“Closed circuit television”

 

Délégation Interministérielle à la ville (2003). La lettre de la DIV (no 88, décembre 2003), Saint-Denis La Plaine : [L’auteur].

 

 

“Lancement de l’Agence nationale pour la rénovation urbaine”

“Quelles aides pour les villes dans l’Union européenne, demain? ”

“Des cités plaines de talents”

“Grands projets de ville : Premiers bilans”

“Développer le volontariat auprès des jeunes”