Sources for Help on Preventing Crimes

http://www.ncpc.org/topics/home-and-neighborhood-safety

This web site gives information about neighborhood safety tips that parents can use, neighborhood watch programs, techniques people can use to reduce crime in their communities, gas and theft prevention. There is also training on crime prevention through environmental design theories, an online guide that feature examples of policies which create safer communities, tips on locking you home, and twenty-one lessons drawn from the experiences of many communities suggesting ideas that will help them mobilize against crime, drugs, and other problems.

http://www.solutionsforamerica.org/thrivingneigh/crime-prevention.html

This web site talks about the broken window" theory which states that by keeping a community kept up and organized there is less likely to be a crime problem. Some solutions it offers for this idea include conducting environmental surveys involving police and park departments, work with power companies to fix broken street lights, talk to landlords to try and make the company, and working with the community to conduct a community policing program.

http://www-admn.csun.edu/police/crime/

This web site talks about the triangle of crime idea which states that for crime to exist there has to be three components to exist: desire, ability, and opportunity. There is no way to prevent desire and ability but the opportunity to commit a crime can be. So as long as we take away the opportunity the crime cannot be committed.

http://www.theclubatwellspoint.com/frames/safetyframe.htm

This web site gives tips on preventing auto theft which include tips on preventing item theft in vehicles, protecting against wheels being stolen, and how outdoor lighting is another affective method.

http://life.familyeducation.com/safety/outdoor-games/29745.html

This web site teaches parents how to keep their children safe. It has tips on what to do when you kid is out from dawn to dusk which includes putting reflective cloth strips on their clothes. There are also tips on what to do when your kid is playing in the streets which include keeping watch for cars and setting up cones with signs that notify drivers that kids may be playing in the street.