This is by no means an exhaustive list of organizations and interesting information in the area of crime prevention through social development. If you know of other appropriate sites which are not listed here, please send us your suggested link at cp@ccsd.ca, and specify which category it would be listed under.

Events

The following sites contain regularly updated listings of events related to crime prevention through social development:

• International Centre for the Prevention of Crime: Event Listing
• National Crime Prevention Strategy: Event Listing

International

• International Centre for the Prevention of Crime
  Created in 1994 in response to calls for action from local authorities, the ICPC’s mission is to assist cities and countries in reducing delinquency, violent crime and insecurity.

• United Nations
  The United Nations and its agencies have produced a number of guidelines and implementation guides relevant to crime prevention:

  • United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency
  • United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Crime
  • World Health Organization Injuries and Violence Prevention
    

National

• Governmental:
  • Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics
    Provides statistics on a wide range of justice-related issues
  • Keeping Canadians Safe (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada)
    Federal government crime prevention site, with materials on children, youth, bullying, vulnerable populations, etc.
• Non-governmental:
  • Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police
    The CACP has endorsed a pro-active approach to crime prevention involving community partnerships and an inter-agency approach
  • Canadian Criminal Justice Association
    The CCJA is a membership organization dedicated to the improvement of the criminal justice system in Canada.
  • Canadian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
    Two necessary approaches to crime prevention: raising children who don't need to hate, and marketing the pragmatic values of trust, empathy, affection and cooperation in the adult world
  • Centre for Research on Youth at Risk
    Information from the St. Thomas University Centre for Research on Youth at Risk
  • Canadian Crime Prevention Network
    Please note: this site is presently under construction and not available online. It may be up and running again in mid-October 2005.
    The network aims to bring together the best available information on crime prevention, foster the acquisition of knowledge, ensure that knowledge is widely accessible and easy to use, and advocate for the use of the best evidence-based knowledge in the development of crime prevention policies and programs

Provincial

• Governmental:
  See Provincial and Territorial Governments in the Policies section of this website
• Non-governmental:
  • Atlantic Crime Prevention Resource Centre
    A regional reference and resource centre on crime prevention and community safety operated by Community Legal Information Association of P.E.I. Inc.

Municipal

• Canadian Federation of Municipalities
  • Policy statement on community safety and crime prevention
  • Primer on Municipal Crime Prevention
• Community Safety and Crime Prevention Council, Municipality of Waterloo
• Crime Prevention Strategy, City of Toronto
• Femmes et Ville, City of Montreal