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Publisher: California University of Pennsylvania Publishing -
Institute for Public Law and Policy

Status: Release date November 2004

Table of Contents


Preface

Dedication

Acknowledgements

About the Authors

The High Crime Community: History, Status Quo and Future Salvation

High Crime Communities and Public Safety: Alienation and Estrangement

High Crime Community Pathology: Crime, Victimization and Structural Change

Alienation

Disintegration and Social Capital

Distintegration and the Communal Quality of Life

High Crime Communities: Hope, Salvation and Reconstruction

Philosophies of Prevention in High Crime Communities

The Concept of a Prevention Agency

The Prevention Agency

The Prevention Agency: Qualities and Characteristics

The Prevention Agency Blends a Public/Private Design

The Prevention Agency’s Philosophy of Deployment

The Prevention Agency Philosophy of Decentralization

The Prevention Agency Serves as a Center for Community Information and Analysis

The Prevention Agency Educates the Public

The Prevention Agency Revitalizes Communities

Economic Development 55 Environmental Development

Security and the Community Protection Detachment

Relationship Building and Development

The Prevention Agency: Hierarchy and Structure

The Prevention Agency: Organization and Function

Executive Committee

Liaison and Research Committee

Community Advisory Committee

Neighborhood Revitalization Taskforce

Community Education Team

The Prevention Agency and Public Safety

Juvenile Task Force

Crime Prevention Group

Anti-Crime Specialist Section

Community Protection Officers

Guiding Principles for Community Protection Officers

CPO Principle #1: Deter Crime

CPO Principle #2: Detect Issues

CPO Principle #3: Defuse Issues

CPO Principle #4: Defend the Community

Conclusion

Notes

Appendix A

Appendix B

Bibliography