Crime can be significantly lowered by community involvement. Below are a variety of resources for neighborhood crime prevention including information on how to set up a neighborhood watch program, self-help tips, assessment tools and training seminars to determine strategies for crime prevention, information on alternative dispute resolution, and crime victims grants.
| Crime Issues |
On Line Help |
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| Neighborhood grantsgrants |
Listing of available grants for neighborhood crime prevention programs. |
NYS Division of Criminal Justice |
| Neighborhood safety |
This is a national web site with a wealth of information that can be easily accessed and printed.
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Project Safe Neighborhoods |
Information on a wide range of self-help strategies for protecting you, your home and family. A fact sheet called 10 things adults can do to stop violence (a separate fact sheet for children).
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National Crime Prevention Council |
How to do a neighborhood survey. You can print out an NCPC survey form that will help you assess the crime problem in your neighborhood.
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National Crime Prevention Council |
| Investment scams |
Investment scams cost Americans billions of dollars each year. Most of the victims are people who can least afford to lose money. This web page has a list of the top 10 scams use to lure people into illegal investment opportunities. |
North American Securities Administrators Association |
| Crime Research and NYC Neighborhood statistics |
Weekly on line print-outs of crime statistics for each of the 75 NYC Precincts. This information can be used to make neighborhood comparisons for drop/increases in crime. |
New York City New York Police Dept. |
| How to start a neighborhood watch program |
How to make your neighborhood safer. How to organize your community around crime prevention issues. This web site has a step by step guide to organizing a neigh-borhood watch program. |
New York State-Office of the Attorney General |
| Successful crime prevention programs and best practices |
What solutions are working in other communities? Descriptions of successful crime prevention programs from around the country. |
VERA Institute |
| Solutions for America |
Victim help / rights /
applications |
How to apply for a NYS crime victims grant (loss of property, personal injury), and neighborhood help offices. |
NYS Crime Victims Board |
| Crime Prevention Leadership Training |
The Neighborhood Safety Leadership Institute conducts trainings through out the year on a wide range of neighborhood crime prevention strategies |
Citizens Committee for New York City |
| Mediation and Conflict Resolution |
A list of community courts for alternative dispute resolution. Most of these community courts are run by organizations that also provide training to youth and parents. |
New York City Community Dispute
Resolution Centers |
| Crime related information in Spanish |
A wide range of crime prevention publications have been translated into Spanish. |
National Crime Prevention Council |
| Needs Assessment |
A pamphlet that helps you assess what crime prevention resources your community needs in order to better utilize existing services or to request funding. |
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