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Carter, Sherry P.; Carter, Stanley L. – American School & University, 2001
Shows how an environmental school building design can reduce the threat of crime. Principles proposed by the Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design are highlighted and explained. (GR)
Descriptors: Crime Prevention, Educational Facilities Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Schools
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Cermele, Jill A. – Feminist Teacher: A Journal of the Practices, Theories, and Scholarship of Feminist Teaching, 2004
Violence against women figures as a common topic in a variety of college courses, including those in psychology, sociology, criminology, and women's studies. The data on the risk of sexual assault for college women makes this a topic of particular interest and importance to many college students. Although it is fairly easy to find statistics about…
Descriptors: Womens Studies, Sexual Abuse, Crime Prevention, Females
Keels, Crystal L. – Black Issues in Higher Education, 2004
Crime is increasingly characterizing the contemporary college experience. In a post-Columbine, post-Sept. 11 world, the "It can't happen here" response to such violence has been replaced with "Oh Lord, not again." In response to the loss of their daughter, and the lack of institutional support they received, Howard, and Connie Clery filed suit…
Descriptors: Campuses, Educational Environment, School Safety, Higher Education
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Hine, Jean – Children & Society, 2005
On Track started life in 2000 as part of the Crime Reduction Programme in the Home Office, but was shifted to the Children and Young People's Unit less than a year later. This paper describes tensions that emerged during the first phase of the evaluation of this innovative programme, designed to provide interventions for four to twelve year olds…
Descriptors: Intervention, Crime, Program Evaluation, At Risk Persons
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Gidycz, Christine A.; Rich, Cindy L.; Orchowski, Lindsay; King, Carrie; Miller, Audrey K. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2006
The present study evaluated the efficacy of a sexual assault risk-reduction program that included a physical self-defense component for college women ("N"=500). Program group women significantly increased their protective behaviors over the 6-month follow-up period compared to the waiting-list control group. However, there were no significant…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, College Students, Females, Risk
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Petersen, Anne C. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2006
Policy, defined broadly to include public policy as well as institutional or organizational policy, is useful for sustaining change in human development and its contexts and systems. The role for developmental psychopathology research in policy analysis and policy making is discussed. To assure that developmental psychopathology research is useful…
Descriptors: Crime Prevention, Psychopathology, Children, Policy Analysis
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Zhang, Sheldon X.; Roberts, Robert E. L.; Callanan, Valerie J. – Crime & Delinquency, 2006
In the late 1990s, California legislators funded a statewide, community-based correctional program intended to reduce parolee recidivism. Overseen by the California Department of Corrections, the Preventing Parolee Crime Program (PPCP) provided literacy training, employment services, housing assistance, and substance abuse treatment to tens of…
Descriptors: Employment Services, Substance Abuse, Rehabilitation Programs, Correctional Institutions
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Rothman, Emily; Silverman, Jay – Journal of American College Health, 2007
Objective: Although a variety of sexual assault prevention programs are currently available to college health professionals, there is a dearth of information about the effect of these programs on sexual assault victimization rates. Participants: The authors evaluated the efficacy of a sexual assault prevention program for first-year students at a…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Health Personnel, Drinking, Victims of Crime
McQuade, Samuel C., III – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
A growing body of empirical research strongly suggests that adolescents and young adults are increasingly becoming both victims and perpetrators of crime and abuse enabled by information technology. The US federal government has stressed technological, legislative, and law-enforcement solutions to these problems. Efforts to protect children have…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Young Adults, Information Technology, Federal Government
O'Keefe, Garrett J.; Reid, Kathaleen – 1989
Recent research indicates that public information campaigns and promotional programs can have an impact on the extent to which citizens involve themselves in crime prevention. Subgroups such as the elderly may especially benefit from efforts more carefully tailored to their own needs and circumstances. The design of successful programs requires…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Crime Prevention, Educational Methods, Information Dissemination
Seiter, Jennifer; And Others – 1987
To determine whether the media in one state have reflected current trends in crime reporting, a study focused on crime news content in the 24 Louisiana daily newspapers in 1980 and in 1985. Issues addressed were whether statewide crime coverage increased or decreased, if the placement of crime news and type of headline changed, and whether…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Crime, Crime Prevention, Media Research
Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA. Microcomputing Program. – 1985
This paper describes a hot-stamping operation undertaken at Drexel University in an attempt to prevent computer theft on campus. The program was initiated in response to the University's anticipated receipt of up to 3,000 Macintosh microcomputers per year and the consequent publicity the university was receiving. All clusters of computers (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Crime Prevention, Educational Practices, Higher Education, Methods
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1986
This document contains witness testimonies and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing called to examine the plight of child victims of exploitation. The opening statement by Congresswoman Boggs outlines federal legislation and Congressional action regarding the exploitation of children. Representative McCain discusses legislation he…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Children, Crime Prevention
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control. – 1984
This annual report describes the activities of the House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control in 1983 and makes recommendations to the House of Representatives to control the worldwide problem of drug abuse and drug trafficking. An initial section of the report describes the jurisdiction, authority, funding, and organization of the…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Committees, Crime Prevention, Drug Abuse
Mendelsohn, Harold; O'Keefe, Garrett J. – 1982
This summary report highlights the results of a study that examined the effects of the first phase of a nationwide, multimedia, crime prevention campaign featuring a trench-coated, animated dog named McGruff. Following an introduction explaining the purpose of the two surveys that comprised the study, the eight remaining sections of the report…
Descriptors: Advertising, Crime Prevention, Mass Media, Mass Media Effects
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