BALTIMORE CITY SENIOR CITIZEN CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAM ASSAULT

• NCJ Number: 38534
• Author(s): D J LIPSTEIN; D A RIGGIN; C L LEE
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 0 pages
• Corporate Author: Baltimore Mayor's Coordinating Council on Criminal Justice; Monumental Films
• Sale Source: Dundalk Community College; Not Available Through National Institute of Justice/NCJRS Document Loan Program
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: 20 MINUTES, 16MM COLOR, 1976 ALSO AVAILABLE IN 3/4 INCH VIDEO CASSETTE. NCJRS HAS VIDEO CASSETTE ONLY.

Annotation

THIS FILM ON CRIME PREVENTION FOR THE ELDERLY GIVES TIPS ON CITIZEN CRIME PRECAUTIONS TO TAKE WHEN OUTSIDE THE HOME.

Abstract

NUMEROUS VIGNETTES CONSIDER SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN AGAINST ASSAULT ON THE STREET, IN STORES, ON THE BUS, AND IN ONE'S AUTOMOBILE. BOTH WHIMSICAL AND PRACTICAL SAFETY MEASURES ARE DISCUSSED. THE PLANNING OF TRIPS OUTSIDE THE HOME IS EMPHASIZED. PAUSES IN THE PRESENTATION ALLOW FOR VIEWER DISCUSSION. THIS ITEM IS INTENDED TO BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH TWO SIMILAR PRESENTATIONS AS PART OF AN INTEGRATED PROGRAM TO EDUCATE ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS IN WAYS TO REDUCE CRIME AND THE FEAR IT PRODUCES. FOR THE OTHER MATERIALS, WHICH DEAL WITH ROBBERY AND BURGLARY, SEE NCJ-38533 AND 38535 RESPECTIVELY...BLU