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UN-HABITAT: 2012 Progress Report "Global Network on Safer Cities (GNSC)"
2012 Annual GNSC Progress Report
The 2012 International Report on Crime Prevention and Community Safety
The ICPC’s 2012 International Report on Crime Prevention and Community Safety presents key subjects on the international agenda regarding crime and violence, highlighting forms in which prevention can address these issues to generate more resilient and cohesive communities around the world. The International Report provides information and tools to help governments, local authorities, international organizations and other actors implement successful crime prevention policies in their countries, cities and communities
Download the Executive Summary in: Arabic; Chinese; English; French; German; Japanese; Portuguese; Spanish
The SAGE Book Sale ends Friday!
There are just a few days left to shop the SAGE Winter sale, which ends on the 4th January. Find over 1000 titles, all discounted by up to 75%*.
WEBINAR: INTRODUCTION TO DEVELOPING A MENTAL HEALTH COURT: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CURRICULUM
Thursday, January 10, 2013 2:00 pm
Eastern Standard Time (New York, GMT-05:00)
Hosted by the Council of State Governments Justice Center
3rd Newsletter of the ACCESS Project
The nwsletter is available as a downloaded PDF file http://cjwellings.com/ddn/ACCESSwinter2012/#/12/
The ACCESS project, funded under the EU Drugs Prevention and Information Programme <http://ec.europa.eu/justice/anti-drugs/programme/drug-prevention-information/index_en.htm>
is implemented by COMPASS <http://www.compass-uk.org/> , a leading UK charity in the problem drugs and alcohol field, together with a network of partners from across Europe. ACCESS aims at bringing together organisations from different EU member states to contribute to the knowledge base and practical implementation of harm reduction services access to treatment for drug users within the criminal justice system in European countries.
Video: The Importance of Place in Crime: David Weisburd at Community Justice 2012
David Weisburd, director of the Center for Evidence-based Crime Policy at George Mason University, explains the link between crime and location during his address at Community Justice 2012: the International Conference of Community Courts.
A Restorative Justice Reader
2nd Edition; Edited by Gerry Johnstone
Published 18th December 2012 by Willan – 480 pages
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415672344/?utm_medium=email
Talking to Children about Disasters
Restoring a Sense of Safety in the Aftermath of a Mass Shooting - Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (CSTS)
Tips for Talking with and Helping Children and Youth Cope After a Disaster or Traumatic Event -
http://www.psych.org/mental-health/talking-to-children-about-disasters
Securitcurity, Democracy and Cities:the Aubervilliers and Saint-Denis Manifesto
At a time when Europe and the world are going through an economic crisis that may jeopardize the social and cultural heritage of the twentieth century, local authorities, institutions and Civil society representatives, gathered under the auspices of Efus in Aubervilliers and Saint Denis, wish to reaffirm that facts show that social prevention policies are effective in terms of fight against violence and crime. Let us be reminded that prevention is five times less expensive than other policies, and in that regard is not only humanly but also economically more efficient.
This has led Efus to choose “the future of Prevention” as a theme for its fifth international conference in Aubervilliers and Saint-Denis, after Montréal, Barcelona, Paris, Naples and Zaragoza during which more than 900 people, including representatives of 180 cities and 36 countries on five continents gathered on 12, 13 and 14 December 2012.
This conference was concluded by the adoption of a Manifesto, published hereinafter, and to which will be added recommendations from the thematic sessions of the Conference.
Far from being a Conference report, this Manifesto is an expression of its conclusions and the principles advocated by its participants and sets out the principles and values of the Efus community. It is designed to be a source of support and inspiration for local authorities in designing and promoting their security policies. It also aims to carry the voice of cities, towards national, European and international institutions.
Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce Survey 2013
Are you the victim of a scam or have you received scam invitations? Do you want to help with research into scams and criminal scammers?
The confidential 2013 scam survey is now online, and the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) is seeking your help.
The survey can be accessed from the AIC website
http://www.survey.aic.gov.au/survey/AustralasianConsumerFraudTaskforce2013.aspx
Irish Probation Journal Volume 9 (2012)
Probation Journal Volume 9 (2012) is now available on the publications and news pages of Probation Service website at www.probation.ie.
The Irish Probation Journal publishes quality articles and contributions on Probation and related criminal justice issues by established academics, expert authors, post-graduate students, probation officers and knowlegeable interests in Ireland and internationally. Articles in Volume 9 (2012) include Rehabilitation, Research and Reform: Prison Policy in Ireland by Mary Rogan, Juvenile Justice, Crime and Early Intervention by Niamh Hourigan, Desistance Research and Probation Practice by Shadd Maruna, Fergus McNeill, Stephen Farrall and Claire Lightowler, A Case–Control Study of Alcohol-Related Violent Offending among Irish Probation Clients by Janice Kelly and Vincent Egan, Partnership Working for Public Protection by Sir Declan Morgan, Lifers: An Exploration of Coping among Male Life Sentence Prisoners by Michelle Richardson and Drug and Alcohol Misuse among Adult Offenders on Probation Supervision by Michelle Martyn.
Developing a Mental Health Court: An Interdisciplinary Curriculum
Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center
This adaptable curriculum brings together national experience and expertise to introduce key concepts for mental health courts and other collaborations between criminal justice and behavioral health systems
Call for Papers - The Stockholm Criminology Symposium (Abstracts must be submitted by March 1, 2013)
Participants are invited to submit papers within the following two themes:
- Saved from a Life of Crime. Evidence-Based Crime Prevention
- Contemporary Criminology
http://www.criminologysymposium.com/
Transfer of Juveniles to Adult Court: Effects of a Broad Policy in One Court
Bulletin from the OJJDP (USA); December 2012; Edward P. Mulvey and Carol A. Schubert
This bulletin presents findings from the Pathways to Desistance study about the effects of transfer from juvenile court to adult court on a sample of serious adolescent offenders in Maricopa County, AZ. The authors compare the extant literature with findings from the Pathways study and discuss the possible implications of these findings for future changes in transfer statutes http://www.ojjdp.gov/pubs/232932.pdf
New Research: Reducing Gun Violence in Brooklyn
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Testing a Public Health Approach to Gun Violence, a new study from the Center for Court Innovation, documents the impact of Save Our Streets, an anti-violence project in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The findings suggest that Save Our Streets helped to reduce gun violence: over the course of the study period, shooting rates in Crown Heights decreased by six percent.
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Council of State Governments Justice Center
On January 22, 2013, the Council of State Governments Justice Center (CSG Justice Center) released The Impact of Probation and Parole Populations on Arrests in Four California Cities.The unprecedented study answers one question that to date has been a matter of speculation among law enforcement and corrections officials everywhere: to what extent do people on probation and parole contribute to crime, as measured by arrests?
http://www.nationalreentryresourcecenter.org/publications/california-arrests-study?utm_source=CSG+Justice+Center+Newsletters&utm_campaign=3b01b18481-&utm_medium=email
Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program Solicitation Released
On January 24, 2013, the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), released the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP) grant applications. The program is funded under the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act, which was first authorized in 2004 and reauthorized for five additional years in 2008.
The JMHCP grant program is designed to increase public safety and improve access to effective treatment for people with mental illnesses involved with the criminal justice system by facilitating collaboration among the criminal justice, juvenile justice, mental health treatment, and substance abuse systems. Each grantee is given the opportunity to tailor their programming to respond best to the particular needs of their community. To download an application, click https://www.bja.gov/Funding/13JMHCPsol.pdf?utm_source=CSG+Justice+Center+Newsletters&utm_campaign=f478ab60ac-JMHCP_Solicitation&utm_medium=email
Criminology Symposium: Call for Papers – deadline March 1
Call for Papers for The Stockholm Criminology Symposium 2013 is now open. The main theme for 2013 is Saved from a Life of Crime. Evidence-Based Crime Prevention. There is also a general theme on Contemporary Criminology.
Postgraduate Research Study - Funding Opportunities
University of Manchester, School of Law
The School of Law is delighted to announce an array of funding opportunities for prospective postgraduate research candidates. In order to apply for funding you must first hold an offer of a place on one of our PhD degree programmes. To this end, we recommend that an application for postgraduate research (PGR) study is made at least four weeks before the funding deadline. http://www.law.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/funding/index.html
Register Now for the Webinar:Family Engagement in Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Programs
Many families whose children are involved with the juvenile justice and mental health systems want to play a more active role in their child's care but lack the system knowledge or advocacy skills to do so. At the same time, juvenile justice system staff are looking for guidance on how to be more effective in engaging and involving family members in their work. With support from the MacArthur Foundation, the National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice (NCMHJJ) has worked with a number of communities across the country through the Models for Change Mental Health/Juvenile Justice Action Network to develop and implement model approaches aimed at empowering families, training juvenile justice staff, and modifying policies to support family involvement for justice-involved youth.
Date: February 7, 2013
Time: 2:00-3:30 p.m. ET
Panelist(s) Dr. Tracy Levins, Texas Juvenile Justice Department
Wendy Luckenbill, Community Care Behavioral Health Organization
