NCPC publications – Building the evidence

A core activity of the NCPC is the development and dissemination of practical knowledge to inform crime prevention practitioners in the development, implementation and evaluation of local crime prevention initiatives. The NCPC provides information on crime prevention approaches that have been found effective or promising in Canada and internationally. The publications provided below are designed to be informative. They are not exhaustive of all effective or promising crime prevention approaches. Furthermore, these publications do not necessarily reflect current funding priorities.

Aboriginal people

• The Aboriginal EMPATHIC Program
  (December 2009)
• Gwich'in Outdoor Classroom Project
  (November 2007)
• Healthy Families Project and Kwanlin Dun First Nation's Project
  (November 2007)
• Ndaawin Project
  (November 2007)
• First Nations Youth and Restorative Healing Project
  (April 2007)

Families, children and youth at risk

• Families, Youth and Delinquency: the State of Knowledge, and Family-based Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Programs
  (2009) - Research Report
• Family-Based Risk and Protective Factors and their Effects on Juvenile Delinquency: What Do We Know?
  (September 2009)
• Family-based Programs for Preventing and Reducing Juvenile Crime 
  (September 2009)
• Projet de qualification des jeunes (PQJ) 
  (April 2008)
• Middle Schools Project: Families & Schools Together for Children and Neighbourhoods 
  (April 2008)
• Bullying Prevention: Nature and Extent of Bullying in Canada
  (April 2008)
• National Art and Youth Demonstration Project
  (November 2007)
• Programme d'intervention rapide et intensive en milieu familial (PIRIMF)
  (November 2007)
• Project Early Intervention
  (November 2007)
• Strong Families, Strong Children Project
  (November 2007)
• Banyan Community Services SNAP™ Under-12 Outreach Project
  (April 2007)
• Boundless Adventures project
  (April 2007)
• Domestic Violence Treatment Option court (DVTO)
  (April 2007)
• HomeFront
  (April 2007)
• Kids 1st Project
  (April 2007)
• Together We Light The Way
  (April 2007)
• Bullying prevention in schools – Executive Summary
  (November 2005)
• Bullying prevention in schools
  (November 2005)
• First Steps to stop bullying – Adults helping children aged 4-11
  (November 2005)
• First steps to stop bullying – Adults helping youth aged 12-17
  (November 2005)
• Safe and Sound
  (October 2005)
• Concerned children's advertisers bullying fact sheet
  (June 2003)

General crime prevention

• Supporting the Successful Implementation of the National Crime Prevention Strategy
  (July 2009)
• Promising and model crime prevention programs
  (August 2008)
• Drug Treatment Court of Vancouver (DTCV)
  (April 2008)
• Youth Self-Reported Delinquency, Toronto, 2006
  (September 2007)
• Strategies for Reducing Gun Violence: The Role of Gangs, Drugs and Firearm Accessibility
  (March 2007)
• The Social Reintegration of Offenders and Crime Prevention
  (April 2007)
• Evidence-based crime prevention: Scientific basis, trends, results and implications for Canada
  (June 2007)
• Toronto Drug Treatment Court
  (April 2007)
• Downtown Eastside
  (April 2007)
• Bad Kids – How to Create a Criminal – (Video: 30 MB)
  (June 1999)

High crime neighbourhoods

• Self-reported Violent Delinquency and the Influence of School, Neighbourhood and Student Characteristics
  (September 2009)
• Analysis of the spatial distribution of crime in Canada: Summary of major trends
  (October 2008)
• Factors Associated with Youth Delinquency and Victimization in Toronto, 2006
  (September 2008)
• Fear of Crime and the Neighbourhood Context in Canadian Cities
  (July 2008)
• Neighbourhood Characteristics and the Distribution of Crime in Saskatoon
  (July 2008)
• Neighbourhood Characteristics and the Distribution of Crime on the Island of Montréal: Additional Analysis on Youth Crime
  (June 2008)
• Neighbourhood Characteristics and the Distribution of Crime: Edmonton, Halifax and Thunder Bay
  (March 2008)
• The Development of Police-reported Delinquency Among Canadian Youth Born in 1987 and 1990
  (November 2007)
• Neighbourhood Characteristics and the Distribution of Crime in Regina
  (November 2006)
• Neighbourhood Characteristics and the Distribution of Crime on the Island of Montreal
  (June 2006)
• Neighbourhood Characteristics and the Distribution of Crime in Winnipeg
  (September 2004)
• An examination of sex differences in delinquency
  (June 2003)

Youth gangs

• The Breaking the Cycle Youth Gang Exit and Ambassador Leadership Program
  (December 2009)
• Addressing Youth Gang Problems: An Overview of Programs and Practices
  (April 2008)
• Youth Gangs – What are the Risk Factors?
  (April 2007)
• Youth Gangs in Canada – What do we know?
  (April 2007)

For more information

• Contact the NCPC office nearest you, call 1-877-302-6272 or send an email to prevention@ps.gc.ca.
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