Gun Violence Prevention
Project Safe Neighborhoods: America's
Network Against Gun Violence. Project Safe Neighborhoods is a
nation-wide commitment to reduce gun crime in America by networking
existing local programs that target gun crime and providing those
programs with additional tools to be successful. Under Project Safe
Neighborhoods, each United States Attorney will establish strategic
partnerships between federal, state and local law enforcement agencies
in an intensive offensive against gun crime. The Bush Administration
has committed $901 million to this effort over three years. This funding
is being used to hire new federal and state prosecutors, support investigators,
provide training, distribute gun lock safety kits, deter juvenile
gun crime, and develop and promote community outreach efforts as well
as to support other gun violence reduction strategies.
Statistics on firearms
and crime are summarized and more detailed data are on the Bureau
of Justice Statistics site.
Reducing Drugs in the Neighborhood
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) works
with the Office of National Drug Control Policy to administer the Drug-Free
Communities Support Program. Drug-Free Communities Grants fund coalitions
of young people, parents, media, law enforcement, school officials,
religious organizations, and other community representatives that target
young people's use of illegal drugs, alcohol, and tobacco. The coalitions
also encourage citizen participation in substance abuse reduction efforts
and disseminate information about effective programs.
Research reports on drugs and crime are found on the National
Institute of Justice and National
Criminal Justice Reference Service sites. Statistics on drugs
and crime are summarized and more detailed data are offered on the Bureau
of Justice Statistics site.
Each Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) field division has a special
agent designated as the Demand Reduction Coordinator, whose role is
to provide leadership and support to local agencies and organizations
as they develop drug prevention and education programs. The DEA Demand
Reduction Program stands out from other federal agency programs
because it provides people - special agents and support staff - to promote
drug prevention and education within the community. DEA
Field Divisions. Publications.
Methamphetamine abuse has become a tremendous challenge for the entire
Nation. Education, prevention, and community involvement are key parts
of our National Strategy to reduce the demand for meth. People who know
about the destructive effects of meth on the user and the community,
are far less likely to use meth. Visit the Meth
Awareness site.
Cops in the Neighborhood
Tackling
Crime and Other Public Safety Problems This compilation of 48
short case studies illustrates how communities have successfully addressed
a wide variety of persistent crime and disorder problems, including
burglary, robbery, drug dealing, prostitution, auto theft, park crime
and others using creative problem-solving techniques. Community members
interested in tackling public safety problems in a new way will find
this publication provides useful information.
The Community Oriented Policing
Services (COPS) Office promotes community policing through hiring
grants, promoting innovative approaches to solving crime, and through
training and technical assistance to implement and sustain community
policing.
Statistics on
law enforcement officers and agencies are available on the Bureau
of Justice Statistics site.
Community Revitalization
The Community Capacity Development
Office (CCDO), assists communities around America as they seek
to prevent crime, increase community safety, and revitalize neighborhoods.
CCDO works with local communities to develop solutions that deter
crime, promote economic growth, and enhance quality of life. Through
training and technical assistance, CCDO helps communities to help
themselves, enabling them to develop solutions to community safety
problems confronting them, as well as developing the leadership to
implement and sustain those solutions.
Weed and Seed is a community-driven strategic planning process that
has demonstrated a positive impact on many communities as federal and
local law enforcement agencies join forces, share resources, set common
goals, partner with community groups, and work together to address troubled
areas in neighborhoods. Communities work with U.S. Attorneys to develop
a Weed and Seed strategy that involves "weeding out" criminals who participate
in violent crime and drug abuse and "seeding" the areas with services
linked to prevention, intervention, treatment, and neighborhood revitalization.
A community-oriented policing component bridges weeding and seeding
strategies. More than 300 Weed and Seed sites operate across the country.
For information about Weed and Seed, visit the Community
Capacity Development Office Web site.
Cyber/Internet Safety
Children need guidance when using the Internet. Learn about Cyberethics
for Kids at our Kidspage. Find Safety
Tips for Kids on the Internet. The FBI also has a Parent's
Guide to Internet Safety available on its site, in both English
and Spanish.
How to report Internet-related
crime.
Cyberstalking: A New
Challenge for Law Enforcement and Industry
Appendix II contains tips on "How You Can Protect Against Cyberstalking"
and "What to Do If You Are a Victim."
Reentry
of Offenders into the Community
Nearly 650,000 people are released from incarceration yearly and arrive
on the doorsteps of communities nationwide. The federal government,
through the Office of Justice Programs, offers guidance and direction
to communities as they prepare for ex-offenders going and staying home.
Community Outreach
Under the FBI's
Community Outreach Program (COP), experienced FBI employees are
assigned to serve as coordinators in each of the FBI's field offices
nationwide. The coordinators serve on committees and boards of local
and regional planning organizations for integrated, comprehensive,
community-based prevention services for crime, drugs, and violence.
They serve as speakers at crime prevention events, form partnerships
with local and national organizations (such as Boys and Girls Clubs),
and participate in school-based programs. For further information,
contact the FBI Field
Office nearest you.
Law Enforcement
National Data Exchange (N-DEx)
N-DEx will provide law enforcement agencies with a powerful new investigative
tool to search, link, analyze, and share criminal justice information
such as incident/case reports, incarceration data, and parole/probation
data on a national basis to a degree never before possible.
Kidnapping/Missing Persons
Statistics
The FBI's Uniform Crime Reports
(UCR) provide extensive crime data on Arson, Assault Offenses,
Bribery, Burglary, Counterfeiting/Forgery, Destruction/Damage/Vandalism
of Property, Drug/Narcotic Offenses—Drug/Narcotic Violations and Drug
Equipment Violations, Embezzlement, Extortion/Blackmail, Fraud Offenses,
Gambling Offenses, Homicide Offenses, Kidnaping/Abduction, Larceny/Theft
Offenses, Motor Vehicle Theft, Pornography/Obscene Material, Prostitution
Offenses, Robbery, Sex Offenses, Stolen Property Offenses, and Weapon
Law Violations
The UCR also provides arrest data for the following additional offense
categories: Bad Checks, Curfew/Loitering/Vagrancy Violations, Disorderly
Conduct, Driving Under the Influence, Drunkenness, Nonviolent Family
Offenses, Liquor Law Violations, Peeping Tom, Runaway, Trespass of Real
Property, and All Other Offenses.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics
(BJS), a component of the Office
of Justice Programs, is a primary source for criminal justice
statistics.
BJS collects, analyzes, publishes, and disseminates information on
crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice
systems at all levels of government. These data are critical to Federal,
State, and local policymakers in combating crime and ensuring that justice
is both efficient and evenhanded.
For more information about the Department components that are
most active in this area, consult the Office
of Justice Programs, Federal Bureau
of Investigation, Drug Enforcement
Administration, and Community
Oriented Policing Services Office (COPS) Web sites. |