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Ring, David S. – American School & University, 1997
Explores school bathroom vandalism prevention strategies and tips in improving sanitary conditions. Ways of removing temptation from primary bathroom targets are highlighted, including adding warm-air hand dryers and sensor faucets. (GR)
Descriptors: Crime Prevention, Educational Facilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Schools
Kennedy, Mike – American School & University, 2001
Explores the use of the school resource officer (SRO) as the fastest growing area for preventing school violence and improving the educational environment. The SRO's importance to students is also highlighted as is the combining of the SRO with more technologically centered crime prevention efforts. (GR)
Descriptors: Crime Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education, Police School Relationship, Public Schools
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Traub, Stuart H. – Crime and Delinquency, 1996
Discusses research on what businesses are doing to prevent employee theft and assesses the effectiveness of these strategies. Includes descriptive overviews of three categories of strategies to reduce and prevent crime in the workplace, including security, preemployment screening and education, and "whistle blowing" programs with…
Descriptors: Business, Corporations, Crime Prevention, Incentives
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Shultz, Shelli K.; Scherman, Avraham; Marshall, Lawrence J. – Journal of College Student Development, 2000
Investigates the effectiveness of a date rape prevention program for both male and female undergraduate students (N=60) in changing attitudes and behavioral intent, and exploring the attitude-behavior link for both genders. Results reveal that participants in the treatment groups were less accepting of rape myths and endorsed attitudes…
Descriptors: College Students, Crime Prevention, Higher Education, Program Evaluation
Timm, Paul – Facilities Design & Management, 2002
Asserts that school security requires a variety of methods combined into a single, cohesive solution that addresses five areas: management, building security, violence prevention and intervention, staff training, and crisis management. (EV)
Descriptors: Crime Prevention, Crisis Management, Holistic Approach, Integrated Activities
Carlson, Scott – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2002
Discusses how colleges are creating offices to handle crimes, near-crimes, human errors, dramas, and assorted foibles on increasingly Internet-connected campuses. (EV)
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Security, Crime Prevention, Higher Education
School Planning & Management, 2002
Describes how a New Hampshire school system eliminated internal school vandalism and bomb threats, and reduced the number of false alarms, by using video security software (WebEyeAlert security solution) that is accessible via a variety of methods from remote locations. (Author/EV)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Crime Prevention, School Security, School Vandalism
Our Children, 1999
Describes the importance of developing a school violence prevention and crisis response plan, explaining what an effective plan should include; how to establish a school-based team; essential components of a crisis response plan; how to ensure safety via contingency provisions to the crisis response plan; and how to handle the crisis aftermath. A…
Descriptors: Crime Prevention, Crisis Intervention, Elementary Secondary Education, Planning
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Wayner, Peter – Information Society, 1999
Provides a summary of some of the technical solutions for producing anonymous communication on the Internet and presents an argument that anonymity is as much a part of crime prevention as requiring people to provide their names. Discusses identity theft; the three major techniques that make anonymous cash possible; and anonymizing Internet…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Mediated Communication, Crime Prevention, Internet
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Butts, Jeffrey A.; Mears, Daniel P. – Youth & Society, 2001
Describes prominent new developments in juvenile justice, focusing on the origins of juvenile justice; the get-tough movement, which emphasizes punishment (transfer to criminal court); and promising ideas in rehabilitation, prevention, and early intervention. Suggests that a new generation of innovative programs might revive the spirit of U.S.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Involvement, Crime Prevention, Delinquency
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Calhoun, John A. – Reclaiming Children and Youth: The Journal of Strength-based Interventions, 2004
The founder of the National Crime Prevention Council observes that many successful prevention initiatives are driven by deeply held moral or religious beliefs. He proposes that they enhance their "policy-speak" with deeper spiritual principles underlying many effective programs. This article puts forth a glossary of reclaiming concepts rooted in…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Values, Public Policy, Crime
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Roth, Niklas – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2004
Over the course of the last decade, Stockholm has witnessed the emergence of a number of voluntary organizations that are active in the field of crime prevention. This article describes the "Lugna Gatan" project, which was initiated in Stockholm in 1994. The idea was to create an organization comprised of young adults aged between 20 and…
Descriptors: Crime Prevention, Program Descriptions, Young Adults, Conflict Resolution
Stover, Del – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2005
This article deals with students hacking school computer systems. School districts are getting tough with students "hacking" into school computers to change grades, poke through files, or just pit their high-tech skills against district security. Dozens of students have been prosecuted recently under state laws on identity theft and unauthorized…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Computer Security, High School Students, Crime Prevention
Huwe, Terence – Computers in Libraries, 2005
In recent years, security issues have increasingly come to dominate the technological development process--although still in a more reactive than proactive mode. It now seems more important than ever to monitor security trends and policy developments, especially if technology is regarded as a potential community builder. This article suggests…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Publishing Industry, Information Technology, Crime Prevention
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Bowen, Linda K.; Gwiasda, Victoria; Brown, M. Mitchell – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2004
The Institute for Community Peace has conducted two demonstration projects to determine whether communities can be engaged to prevent violence as it is identified and defined locally and link primary prevention across multiple forms of violence. The projects present evidence that community engagement can effect primary violence prevention; the…
Descriptors: Crime Prevention, Violence, Family Violence, Community Action
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