DOCUMENT RESUME ED 386 664 CG 026 493 TITLE Crime Prevention Startsat Home! Setting the Stage for Community Action ToPrevent Violence and Other Crimes. INSTITUTION National Crime PreventionCouncil, Washington, DC. SPONS AGENCY Department of Justice, Washington,DC. Bureau of Justice Assistance. PUB DATE Oct 95 CONTRACT 92-DD-CX-K022 NOTE 110p. PUB TYPE Guides Non-Classroom Use (055) EDRS PRICE MFOI/PC05 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Citizen Participation;*Community Programs; Crime; *Crime Prevention; *LawEnforcement; Neighborhood Improvement; Police CommunityRelationship; Social Responsibility IDENTIFIERS Crime Detection ABSTRACT Crime prevention works.This s'.mple fact is often forgotten in the ongoingdebate over crime ane. its works when individuals causes. Prevention take common-sense actionsto protect themselves, their families and property. Thr. themefrom Crime Prevention Month 1995 goes back to these baSics: goodhome security, self-protection skills for kids and adults, drug prevention,and Neighborhood Watch. Thisguide offers event and with resources that program ideas, along focus primarily on the followingissues: media violence, drug prevention,gun violence, safety for children and school, domestic at home violence, neighborhoodorganizing, sexual assault, conflict managementand community service. tips and practical Organizational tools include ideason how to: work witharea law enforcement agencies,schools, businesses, religious colleges and universities, organizations, and print and broadcastmedia to promote crime prevention. Camera-ready brochures, articles,posters and activity sheets included in the back of the guidecan be used throughout the year to energizeand rejuvenate crime prevention programs. Use of items that featurelogos of McGruff the crime and his nephew Scruff is dog recommended to help enrichcrime prevention programs. A list of products and their descriptions isincluded, along with other selectedresources from the National Crime Prevention Council. (KW) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied byEDRS are the best thatcan be made from the originaldocument. *********************************************************************** I I II ., . ,"` ". i..37'4 ' ; I. 4 ",...ew. I -- . re ,...." ....' 'lectet -Vre., -4.-g,t,-4. , 4 , " L -1. gt, , :-.4.4.,_ ,:t.-,..L:A... 'aCTOBER .,-,i/.4 y 'il;,..i- ' 4;10Z:...41 ...04.: 1.5.r",4".'"'"I'V VItn4k tr 1, I.' 4 `,4 .. ,rlia..,,v, ,,,., -4441:14 4%. ..._ 7. .4:1.,,- -4..-- ' ,, -z...., rt, ' :,w,t.'"fDtt?A;f':/, s, -; IT<': 't;:','L. v,, : " ', '..W SETTING THE STAGE FOR COMMUNITY ACTION U S DEPART ME NT OF EDUCATION office or EcuCal onat Wespatc,, dna irnmovenvnt TO PREVENT VIOLENCE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER IERICI o Thrs document has Peen reproduced as received from tne person or organization originating it AND OTHER CRIMES CI Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent olficral OERI position or policy BEST COPY AVAILABLE TAKE A BITE OUT OT ; t:rav.on F Lori,.1.Or Bureau of Justice Assistance 0fk;o1 Astro P-Irrun,tl S IreJarl,w, cA ,Att u RIME 2 This publication was made possible through Cooperative Funding Agreement No. 92- Bureau of Justice Assistance ...Oar .1 DD-CX-K022 from the Bureau of Juz;tice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Opinions are those of NCPC or cited sources and do not necessarily reflect U.S. Department of Justke policy or positions. The Bun= of Justice Assistance is a component of the Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and the Office for Victims of Crime. TAM A BITE OUT OF The National Crime Prevention Council is a private, nonprofit tax-exempt (501(c)(3)) fi organization whose principal mission is to enable people to prevent crime and build safer, 'IIME more caring communities. NCPC publishes books, kits of camera-ready program materi- als, posters, and informational and policy reports on a variety of crime prevention and community-building subjects. NCPC offers training, technical assistance, and national focus for crime prevention: it acts as secretariat for the Crime Prevention Coalition, more than 130 national, federal, and state organizations committed to preventing crime. It also operates demonstration programs and takes a major leadership role in youth crime prevention. NCPC manages the McGruff "Take A Bite Out Of Crime" public service advertising campaign, which is substantially funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Distribution was made possible in part by a generous grant from ADT Security Systems, Inc., a corporate partner of the National Crime Prevention Council. 3m:why Systems MasterLock, another corporate partner, made the publication available to elementary schools across the country. Acknowledgments A special thanks to John A. Calhoun, NCPCs Executive Director; Robert 11. The Crime Prevention Coalition's Crime Prevention Month Brown, Jr., Chief Crime Prevention Branch, Bureau of Justice Assistance; and Committee: Kevin N. Barry, Crime Prevention Association of Donna Schulz, BJA, for their expertise and continued support. Connecticut; Earl Beattie, ldalm Department of Law Enforcement; Mary Ellison, Minnesota Office of Drug Policy and Violence Prevention; Roy Hanson, Georgia Crime Prevention Association; Antony Queen, North Copyright 0 1995 National Crime Prevention Council Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety; and James All rights reserved, except that this booklet may be reproduced in whole Thomas, Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. or in part with proper attribution so long as the reproductions are for non- profit use and not for sale or resale. Key NCPC Staff: Jacqueline Aker, Katie Basinski, Mac Gray. Judy Kirby, I lonora Lundell, Mary Jo Marvin, Veronica J. Morrison. Jean Printed in the Uniteci States of America. July 1995 O'Neil, Katrine Pendleton. Marty Pociask, John Rosiak, Christopher National Crime Prevention Council Scileppi, Faye Warren, and Jenifer Wicks. 1700 K Street, NW, Second Floor Washington. DC 20006-3817 Consultants: Brochures (text)Emily Eddins, Bill Woodwell 202-466-6272 Brochures (design) - ExArte Design, Inc. Cover Design: Colortone Press Printer: Presstar, Im . 5) , t < , =1;4,, . 71, 't ,46NN f: _ 1.1 NVIOLVANr,-,C,* irf -0'1. .v. ample . -. 6 .. 4..0 .12 ..?..,..,...o.tmeec...,t,_,,-;,d, -Work WithMin x-a.1-wets. i':-:--. W"--,:t.l.s. 1. .4,..:34,., '... ,qx4: wiA _ix4---v-4-::-stivi,:: -,_,f:;1...A.:.'..s,,: .,. 4t, .:-..1-. s: , Crime Prevention Month 1994 Hi . ts .4. r12 :0,...il ;...',,- ''''.1.1t , t. ,* :1,1- ','F, . ?'-f 5 i.: -, :rt Calendar of Special Observances 1 :-: .-- McGruff Educational Products Help You "Take A Bite Out Of Crime" 18 Looking for McGruff and Scruff Products? Check This List! :. 20 Selected Resources From NCPC 21 The Crime Prevention Coalition 22 How You Can Use Camera-Ready Materials in Your Community 24 Look for the more than 30 reproducible brochures,posters, and articles in the back pocket. Selected and designed to complement each section of the guide, they're invaluable tools to help spread your crime preventionmessages. 4 BEST COPY AVAILABLE Most elected officials in almost Nearly 4 million American 400 U.S. cities feel that youth women are physically abused by NUMBERS crime and school violence had their husbands or boyfriends each increased over the past five years, year. (Facts You Should Know About according to a 1994 National Domestic Violence in America. SAY League of Cities survey. American Medical Association) The nation's police chiefs and About Young People About Crime sheriffs cited domestic violence as the violent crime that contributil's IN Young people 12 through 15 Violent crime dropped -1 per- most to workload problems, fol- years old were at greatest risk of cent and property crime 3 percent lowed closely by assault, child being violent crime victims during in 1994, according to the FBI's abuse, drug i)ossession and sales, 1993. (NCVS) Uniform Crime Reporting (VCR) and firearms, in a 1994 National program which tabulates crime Institute of Justice survey. Reports of child abuse rose 4.5 reported to law enforcement percent in 1994 to exceed 3.1 mil- agencies. About Families lion. Approximately three children per day were killed as a result of IN The National Crime Nearly half of all American chil- child abuse or neglect. (National Victimization Survey (NCVS) con- dren (32.3 million) live in a situa- Committee to Prevent Child firmed a decline in property crime tion other than the traditional Abuse) for 1993, but showed an increase "nuclear" family multigenera- in violent victimizations, reflect- tional homes, blended families of Guns killed 5,379 children and ing an increase in attempted step-parents and half-siblings, and teens in 1992, one every 98 min- assaults that the UCR does not households where children live utes. Nearly 63 percent of these include. The NCVS is an ongoing with unmarried parents. victims died as a result of gun survey of America's households (U.S. Census) homicides, about 26 percent from conducted by the Bureau of JuEtice gun suicides and 9 percent from Statistics (BJS). N Between 1985 and 1992, the gun accidents. (The State qf share of families headed by a single America's Children Yearbook)