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Ministry of Justice
Publications, Resources and Links
Safe Communities Kit
The Safe Communities Kit was developed to assist communities and individuals in preventing crime and enhancing safety across British Columbia. The following six publications make up the kit:
- An Overview of Crime Prevention and Community Safety Planning
- Identifying Your Community's Crime Problem: A Guide to Needs Assessment
- Getting Your Crime Prevention Strategies Underway: Project Planning Guide
- Splash and Ripple: Using Outcomes to Design and Guide Community Justice Work
- Safe Communities Be Safe Guide
- Working With the Media
Community Crime Prevention Guide
The Community Crime Prevention Guide (on the Criminal Justice Reform website) provides information on how to develop and implement an action plan, develop a communications strategy, plus it lists valuable sources of support.
Preventing Youth Involvement in Gangs
Promising Practices for Addressing Youth Gang Violence (Totten Report) – April 2008 (external report)
The report provides an overview of the prevalence of gangs in B.C. and Canada, and clear guidelines on evidence-based practices.
Preventing Youth Involvement in Gangs
Crime Prevention information booklet designed to assist service providers, parents, teachers, and others who are working to help prevent youth from becoming involved in gangs or to help them leave gangs.
To learn more about what the Government of B.C. is doing to prevent and address the issue of gang violence and crime see Preventing Youth Involvement in Gangs Presentation.
- Strength-based Approaches to Youth Gang Prevention in B.C. (Community Consultation Paper - External Report - April 2010)
- Gang Prevention for New Immigrant and Refugee Youth in B.C. (Community Consultation Paper - External Report - April 2010)
- Gangs, Girls and Sexual Exploitation in B.C. (Community Consultation Paper - External Report - April 2010)
Sexual Exploitation
Youth Against Violence (poster)
Groups of service providers and community partners who are working to develop local strategies to address prostitution and sexual exploitation.
A series of six handouts for communities addressing sexual exploitation of children and youth. Individuals and groups wanting to take action in their communities on issues related to the sexual exploitation of children and youth may use these handouts to guide them through the process of setting up a Community Action Netword, creating a community action plan, applying for funding, building awareness, and more.
Justice Institute Sexual Exploitation Toolkit
The website is designed to be a one-stop resource for information about the commercial sexual exploitation of children and youth, with a focus on British Columbia.
Stopping the Sexual Exploitation of Children and Youth
Crime Prevention Information booklet designed to assist service providers, parents/guardians, teachers, and others who are working to help prevent children and youth from being sexually exploited or to help them leave situations that are exploitative in nature.
Restorative Justice
- Community Accountability Programs (CAP) Information Package
- Restorative Justice
Crime Prevention Information booklet designed to provide general information about restorative justice as practised in B.C. for service providers, potential participants, and others.
Publication Order Form
Download the Publications and Resources Order Form to order more publications, resources and videos.
Links
- B.C. Block Watch
- B.C. Crime Prevention Association
- Children of the Street Society
- Crimestoppers
- Criminal Justice Reform
- Justice Institute of British Columbia
- McCreary Centre Society
- Ministry of Children and Family Development
- National Crime Prevention Centre
- RCMP in British Columbia – 'E' Division
- Union of B.C. Municipalities
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