NCJ Number
83250
Journal
Police Chief Volume: 49 Issue: 3 Dated: (March 1982) Pages: 18-23
Date Published
1982
Length
6 pages
Annotation
The rationale and content of the program of the National Crime Prevention Institute (NCPI), which provides crime prevention training for law enforcement officials, are discussed.
Abstract
The work of NCPI is based in the recognition that reactive policing, which involves arrest and conviction of offenders, impacts too small a percentage of crime to be an effective deterrent; whereas, crime prevention efforts which encompass large segments of the public can have a much more significant effect on the reduction of victimization. The police role is to act as the professional in teaching citizens about crime prevention methods that citizens themselves can pursue to reduce their vulnerability to crime. Police must advertise crime prevention much as any company advertises its product or service. The training program of NCPI equips participants to provide the law enforcement leadership needed to educate and motivate the public to assume responsibility for crime prevention and their own safety. The knowledge areas covered in the training are (1) history and principles of crime prevention, (2) risk management, (3) environmental design, (4) fixed and movable barriers, (5) surveillance and detection systems, (6) crime specific components, (7) target specific strategies, (8) citizen participation, (9) knowledge dissemination techniques, and (10) program development, operation, and assessment.