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• International Report on Crime Prevention and
• Community Safety and
• International Compendium of Practices to Inspire
  Action Across the World
• Presented at the
• Meeting on the Prevention of Crime and Violence
• Committee on Hemispheric Security
• Of the Organization of American States (OAS)
• February 5th, 2009
• Washington, D.C.
• Laura Capobianco,
• Senior Analyst and Project Manager,
• International Centre for the Prevention of Crime
  (ICPC)
• Email lcapo_at_crime-prevention-intl.org

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About ICPC (1)

• An international network of governments, NGOs and
  UN organisations promoting safety. The Centre is
  trilingual (English, French, Spanish).
• Created in 1994 by the governments of Canada,
  France and Quebec, now 11 member governments
  Argentina, Australia, Chile, Hungary, Norway,
  South Africa, the State of Queretaro (Mexico),
  and El Salvador.
• Also ICPC members include 30 institutes
  specialized in crime prevention.

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About ICPC (2)

• An international observatory, a centre of
  expertise, and a tool for technical assistance
• Some recent examples of activities
• Key for Safer Municipalities Toolkit (a
  partnership with IDB)
• Police Modules International Learnings on the
  Go
• Organization of upcoming international workshops
  Community Safety and Indigenous Peoples, Ottawa,
  Canada (March 10th, 2009)
• Mission in Haiti (Mobilizing Local Actors in
  Prevention, Crime Observatory, in partnership
  with UNDP)

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The International Report in Brief

• An analytical tool of prevention strategies, a
  marker for emerging challenges, an instrument to
  disseminate relevant policies and practices.
• Divided into two parts
• Crime trends (thematic analysis on youth safety,
  womens safety, school safety, and management of
  safer public spaces and large sporting events
  (crimes of everyday life)
• Trends and Developments in Crime Prevention
  Preventive responses to the above issues.

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The Compendium in Brief

• Includes 65 projects or strategies from 30
  countries - what communities can do to prevent
  and respond to crime challenges.
• Provides a source of inspiration of ideas, and
  reconfirms the value of processes in relation to
  strategic and effective crime prevention.
• Divided into Five Main Thematic Sections
• Aspects of Community Safety, Youth at Risk,
  Youth Gangs, Community Safety and Indigenous
  Peoples, Police - Community Partnerships in Crime
  Prevention.

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Who Do they Address?

• Decision-makers in different jurisdictions
  cities, regions and countries
• Specialized practitioners, non governmental
  organizations, and members of civil society
  engaged in crime prevention
• International organizations, United Nations
  agencies and affiliated, development banks and
  donors
• Researchers specialized in crime prevention

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ICPCs Report and accompanying Compendium
illustrate a spectrum of expertise
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Some Main Conclusions (1)......

• 1. Crime Prevention is now guided by
  international standards, is evolving and becoming
  more widespread.
• UN Guidelines for the Prevention of Crime (
  ECOSOC 2002/12)
• Principles for effective crime prevention
• 1. Enhance the rule of law
• 2. Serve socio economic development and
  inclusion
• 3. Evidence and not ideology should drive
  prevention
• 4. Should be community centered
• 5. Governments, civic and business communities
  should establish and foster
  partnerships among themselves
• 6. Should be developed and promoted on the
  basis of sustainability and
  accountability, through information sharing
  and community involvement (UNODC in
  ICPC 2008, p.134)

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Some Main Conclusions (1)......

• in 2006, 42 countries completed the UN
  questionnaire of the implementation of the UN
  Guidelines on Crime Prevention
• Throughout the world, an increasing number of
  countries are developing ambitious crime
  prevention strategies and action plans.

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Some Main Conclusions (2)......

• 2. Prevention is effective when it takes place
  at the local level and uses a comprehensive
  strategy involving diverse partners (Some
  examples San Romanoway Association (SRA),
  Toronto, Salto Model, Norway, City of Diadema,
  Brazil, iTrump Warwick Junction Project,
  eThekwini municipality, South Africa)
• ......A greater recognition, that crime
  prevention must be tailored to context and needs,
  and involve a more nuanced understanding of
  partnership building and its challenges.

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Communities in Action for Safety

• The 10 year experience of the SRA highlights some
  
• important elements
• A tool to understand community strengths,
  identify challenges related to risk factors,
  monitor progress, and assess impact.
• Support allocated by both public and private
  partners towards a comprehensive approach
  (Situational measures, social development,
  capacity building and reducing recidivism)
• The importance of a structure/mechanism to ensure
  
• sustainability
• The private sector can contribute to a local
  crime prevention initiative beyond security
  provision and help open doors to additional
  support.

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Communities in Action for Safety

• The experience of iTrump Warwick Junction Renewal
  
• Project highlights some important lessons and
  challenges
• Institutional embedding within local government
  (health, economic development, solid waste,
  traffic authority, parks, housing) to help
  sustain action
• Value of a participatory planning approach
• Several measures in place by the operation team
  with implications for crime prevention
  (environmental design, conflict resolution,
  Safer cities, etc.)
• Challenges
• Managing competing time lines
• Vision maintenance throughout the process

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Some Main Conclusions (3)

• 3. Capacity building measures must be supported
  to help sustain effective crime prevention
  initiatives
• Some Examples
• Safety Audits
• Crime Observatories
• Consultation and Participatory Approaches

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This first analysis .

• Has confirmed the need to strengthen knowledge
  about crime prevention with greater dissemination
  and exchange.
• Is a work in progress which will benefit
  communities throughout the world.
• The forthcoming International Report (2010)
  will
• Be presented at the 12th UN Congress on
  Crime Prevention
• and Criminal Justice, Brazil, April 12-19,
  2010
• THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME!

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