Crime Prevention

    Student Mental Health and Wellness (Dec 2016)

    Mental health is important and plays a role in our daily lives. It refers to a person’s emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how a person thinks, feels, and acts.

    Mental health problems can develop in children and youth at any age. Studies show that 20 percent of students in kindergarten through twelfth grade suffer from a mental health issue on any given day in any given classroom; and 10 percent of these issues are serious enough to affect how that student behaves at home, at school, and with others.

    Join LISC for a Webinar on the Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Theory and SafeGrowth® Methods

    November 28, 2016

    Register to join the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) webinar “CPTED for the 21st Cen

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    CPTED for the 21st Century: Understanding How the Physical, Social, and Economic Environment Influences Crime

    Understanding how the built environment can impact crime is fundamental for place-based community safety efforts. Eliciting resident feedback on what changes can (and should) be made to the environment is equally important, as well as a sensitivity to a particular neighborhood’s culture, history, and connection to the broader community.

    Join the CSG Justice Center Webinar on Using Data to Address Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System

    November 22, 2016

    Register to join the Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center webinar “

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    CSG Justice Center Webinar - Identifying Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems through Data Collection

    Hosted by the National Reentry Resource Center, with funding support from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

    Check Out the OVW Resource on Best Practices for Launching Campus Climate Surveys

    November 08, 2016

    The Department of Justice (DOJ) Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) recently has released the resource “Best Practices: Campus Climate Surveys.” This resource provides helpful tips for administrators and students on college campuses working to launch a campus climate survey, which aims to prevent sexual assault.

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    Register for a Webinar on Using a Trauma-Informed Approach When Reducing Crime

    November 03, 2016

    Join the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and American Institutes for Research (AIR) for the webinar “Taking a Trauma-Informed Approach While Improving Community Safety” on Thursday, November 10 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. ET.

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    Taking a Trauma-Informed Approach While Improving Community Safety (Nov 2016)

    The stress of living in a high-crime, high-violence environment has been shown to negatively impact physical and mental health in the short- and long-term. Children and families look over their shoulders in fear of being at the wrong place at the right time. Neighborhoods suffering from years of disinvestment have resulted in disconnected communities with poor institutional relationships.

    Join the NCJA Webinar - Improving Community Policing with Intelligence-Led Public Safety

    November 01, 2016

    Register to join the National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA) webinar “

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    Responding to Alzheimer's: Techniques for Law Enforcement and First Responders (Aug 2016)

    The IACP Alzheimer's Initiatives training program, Responding to Alzheimer's Disease: Techniques for Law Enforcement and First Responders, is dedicated to providing public safety administrators, law enforcement officers, supervisors and executives, firefighters, EMS, EMT, and others from the first responder community with the most current Alzheimer's and dementia training available.

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