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Crime prevention and communities: Social and environmental strategies for safer neighbourhoods

Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
9:00 AM 04 June 2012 - 5:00 PM 05 June 2012

The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) is holding an international conference on Crime Prevention and Communities at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre on 4 and 5 June 2012.

Australian and International speakers will discuss social and environmental projects and programs; urban and community planning and safety; crime prevention and safety in indigenous communities; and the design development, implementation and evaluation of crime prevention programs.

While crime prevention is a growing field within the disciplines of criminology, urban planning, sociology and evaluation, practitioners in these areas would benefit in exploring the following themes:

• How local government, policing and not for profit sector practitioners plan, build and sustain crime prevention projects.
• The exchange of knowledge and skills development – including using research in practice and learning from the experience of others.
• How project designers and local communities measure effectiveness – including designing, implementing, interpreting and applying the results of performance measurement and evaluation work
• Ensuring maximum benefit from working in partnerships and collaborative arrangements – including leading and participating in complex projects

This conference presents an opportunity for those crime prevention practitioners, police, urban planners, non-government organisations and policy makers to come together and advance the knowledge and thinking around this burgeoning – and successful – area of community safety and security.

International speakers include:

• Juma Assiago (Safer Cities, UN-Habitat)
• Jon Bright (Director, Homelessness and Support, Department of Communities and Local Government, UK)
• Mike Scott (Clinical Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin Law School, US)

Australian speakers include:

• Ms Sharon Payne (Consultant on Indigenous community safety)
• Dr Rick Brown (Deputy Director, Research, AIC)
• Professor Ross Homel (Director, Griffith Institute for Social and Behavioural Research)
• Annette Michaux (General Manager, Social Policy and Research, The Benevolent Society)

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