Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/13339
Title: National Crime Prevention Council
Contributor(s): Donnermeyer, Joseph F  (author)
Publication Date: 2008
DOI: 10.4135/9781412963923.n309
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/13339
Abstract: The National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) is arguably the best known and best funded private nonprofit organization devoted to the reduction of crime and the promotion of personal and community safety in the United States today. Through their publications, conferences, the McGruff campaign, and other activities, NCPC's impact extends worldwide, influencing mass media safety campaigns and crime prevention programs in thousands of communities in several dozen countries. The roots of NCPC go back to the 1970s when there were a number of federal, state, and local initiatives to address issues of crime in a so-called proactive as opposed to reactive manner. Public concern about crime and safety had risen to alarming levels. Through funds available from the now-defunct Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, various local, state, and regional associations of crime prevention police officers had begun, and programs such as Neighborhood Watch were widely promoted.
Publication Type: Entry In Reference Work
Source of Publication: Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence, v.1. A-N, p. 469-470
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Place of Publication: Thousand Oaks, United States of America
ISBN: 9781412918008
9781412963923
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 160201 Causes and Prevention of Crime
180119 Law and Society
160299 Criminology not elsewhere classified
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 940402 Crime Prevention
HERDC Category Description: N Entry In Reference Work
Publisher/associated links: http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/35196042
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