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Practical guides

Australia

• National
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• Qld
• Tas
• WA
• Vic

Overseas

• International
• Canada
• United Kingdom
• United States

National

• Background paper to Time for action : the National Council's plan for Australia to reduce violence against women and their children, 2009-2021  (PDF 1.2MB)
  National Council to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. 2009
• The cost of violence against women and their children  (PDF 545kB)
  National Council to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. 2009
• The national plan to reduce violence against women : immediate Government actions  (PDF 1MB)
  Australian Government, Australian Government. 2009
• Protecting children is everyone's business : national framework for protecting Australia's children 2009-2020  (PDF 1.2MB)
  Council of Australian Governments, Council of Australian Governments. 2009
• Time for action : the National Council's plan for Australia to reduce violence against women and their children, 2009-2021  (PDF 1.14 MB)
  National Council to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. 2009
• Crime prevention for farms : a guide for farmers and rural communities
  Australian Government Attorney-General's Department, National Community Crime Prevention Programme, 2004
• Tackling vehicle theft : a guide for local communities (PDF 302kB)
  National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council, 2004
• Guidelines for evaluating community crime prevention projects
  David Sless and Rob Wiseman, Communication Research Institute of Australia. Based on the work of: Brian English, Ralph G Straton, Rick Cummings, Institute for Social Programme Evaluation, Murdock University, 2003
• Principles for evaluating community crime prevention projects
  Brian English, Ralph G Straton and Rick Cummings, Institute for Social Programme Evaluation, Murdoch University. June 2002
• Planning safe public events : practical guidelines
  Neil Mellor and Art Veno. Australian and New Zealand Crime Prevention Ministerial Forum project, 2002

Australian Capital Territory

• ACT crime prevention and urban design resource manual (PDF 539kB)
  Prepared by Sarkissian Associates Planners in collaboration with ACT Planning and Land Management

New South Wales

• Understanding crime hotspot maps
  New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research. 2011
• Closed circuit television in public places : guidelines (PDF 312kB)
• Local government crime prevention planning
  Crime Prevention Division, Attorney-General's Department
• Applying for safer community compacts
• Crime prevention resource manual
• Developing a crime prevention plan
• Evidence-based crime prevention planning tool
• Examples of problems and strategies (Microsoft Word 37kB)
• How to develop local crime prevention plans

Northern Territory

• Guide for community crime prevention partnerships (PDF 459kB)
  Office of Crime Prevention, Northern Territory, 2003

Queensland

• For our sons and daughters : a Queensland Government strategy to reduce domestic and family violence 2009-2014 
  Queensland Government. 2009
• How to start a NHW group
  Queensland Police Service
• Good practice features of community crime prevention models (PDF 577kB)
  M & P Henderson & Associates Pty Ltd, 2002. Report to Crime Prevention Queensland

Tasmania

• Guidelines for designing a community safety plan (PDF 1.79MB)
  Crime Prevention and Community Safety Council, Tasmania

Western Australia

• Community safety and crime prevention planning documents (PDF 304kB)
  Office of Crime Prevention, 2005
• Community safety and crime prevention endorsement guidelines (PDF 50kB)
  Office of Crime Prevention, 2004
• Community safety and crime prevention introductory planning manual (PDF 399kB)
  Office of Crime Prevention, 2003
• Community safety and crime prevention partnership guide (PDF 176kB)
  Office of Crime Prevention, 2003
• Blood on the floor : developing and implementing a multi-disciplinary safety audit methodology for local government
  Paul Moss and Dr Debra Rosser. Reducing criminality : partnerships and best practice conference, 2000
• When it's right in front of you : Assisting health care workers to manage the effects of violence in rural and remote Australia
  National Health and Medical Research Council, 2002

Victoria

• Surveillance in public places : consultation paper
  Victorian Law Reform Commission, Victorian Law Reform Commission. 2009

International

• Community safety and crime prevention knowledgebase
  International Centre for the Prevention of Crime
• Urban crime prevention and youth at risk : compendium of promising strategies and programmes around the world (PDF 442kB)
  International Centre for the Prevention of Crime. Prepared for the 11th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, 2005

Canada

• Community crime prevention
  Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada
• Crime prevention through social development | Resource guide
  John Howard Society of Alberta
• Primer on municipal crime prevention (PDF 876kB)
  Federation of Canadian Municipalities, 2000

United Kingdom

• Tackling Knives Action Programme (TKAP) phase 1 : overview of key trends from a monitoring programme
  Liz Ward and Alana Diamond, Home Office. 2009
• Crime Reduction toolkits (UK) | Audits and strategies toolkit | Partnership working toolkit
  Crime Reduction
• Communicating crime reduction
  Crime Reduction
• Safer-community.net
  Crime Concern
• Practical lessons for involving the community in crime and disorder problem-solving (PDF 239kB)
  Sarah Forrest, Andy Myhill and Nick Tilley. Home Office, 2005
• Using situational crime prevention in small areas
  Ben Marshall, Chloe Smith, Nick Tilley. Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science, 2004
• Crime reduction basics : tackling crime and anti-social behaviour in the community (PDF 166kB)
  Home Office, 2003
• Crime stories : a guide to communications strategies in community safety partnerships
  David Mullet, 2001
• Problem-solving street crime : practical lessons from the Street Crime Initiative (PDF 900kB)
  Nick Tilley, Jonathan Smith, Stephen Finer, Rosie Erol, Corrine Charles, John Dobby. Home Office, 2004
• Working out what to do : evidence-based crime reduction (PDF 290kB)
  Nick Tilley and Gloria Laycock. Home Office in conjunction with National Institute of Justice (US), 2002
• The Nacro guide to crime audits (PDF 65kB)
  Chris Fox and Jim McManus. Nacro community safety practice briefing, 2001
• The Nacro guide to developing and implementing crime reduction strategies (PDF 64kB)
  Paul Gray, Chris Fox, Jim McManus and Frank Warburton. Nacro, 2001
• The Nacro guide to partnership working : community safety practice briefing (PDF 48kB)
  David Mullett. Nacro, 2001

United States

• Urban Institute
• National Crime Prevention Council
• Working out what to do : evidence-based crime reduction (PDF 290kB)
  Nick Tilley and Gloria Laycock. National Institute of Justice in conjunction with Home Office (UK), 2002
• Tackling crime and other public-safety problems : case studies in problem-solving
  Rana Sampson and Michael S. Scott. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, Department of Justice, 1999