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Why do some communities feel safe, secure and connected and others not? Learn how to prevent crime in your community.
Conference presentations from the Comparative Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) Conference, held on 24 January 2012, are now available online.
» more...Guides for parents, teachers and carers concerned about bullying among young children.
» more...The July 2011 edition discusses the issues affecting social inclusion, disadvantage and homelessness.
» more...Helping people to understand diverse crime prevention concepts is often important to their participation in local efforts to prevent crime. I have developed a number of free teaching and training resources to help with this task.
» more...Getting through the night without a fight is the aim of a new campaign that targets the 18-30 year old age group.
» more...The Alcohol and Other Drugs Program aims to assist young people with alcohol or drug problems to resolve their problems and move to self-sufficient living.
» more...The Sydney Institute of Criminology and the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research jointly hosted a briefing session on the Uses and Abuses of Crime Statistics on Thursday 14 April 2011. Slides and an audio file from this event are now available.
» more...The DVD is a presentation delivered by Dr Stefan Gruenert, CEO of Odyssey House Victoria, at the 2009 Tresillian Symposium. The symposium raised the awareness of drug and alcohol as one of the problems faced by high risk families with young children. Dr Gruenert discusses the extend of the problem, intervention opportunities and issues faced by workers. Using case examples he outlines the principles of practice.» more...
The Sydney Institute of Criminology (University of Sydney) has developed a repository of crime prevention resources. Included are podcasts from seminars; fact sheets; research papers and other materials to aid people interested in crime prevention.» more...
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COTA NSW
COTA (NSW) is a peak body providing leadership in social policy and community information and education for all older persons in New South Wales and Australia. COTA (NSW)'s mission is to assist older people, those who work with them, government and the community towards achieving well-being and social justice for older people.