Crime prevention series

Objectives of this handbook

Published in:
Crime prevention for migrant communities
Kayleen M Hazlehurst
Canberra : Australian Institute of Criminology, 1990
ISBN 0 642 15514 3 ; ISSN 1031-5330
(Crime prevention series) ; pp. vii-viii

1. To increase community awareness of the potential for crime prevention and to diminish the fear of crime;
2. To reduce the opportunity and incentive for crime in communities and neighbourhoods;
3. To help community groups design and run community-based crime prevention programs to meet their specific needs;
4. To show how these programs can operate effectively to improve the quality of life for individuals, families, and neighbourhoods.
5. To encourage the planning of crime-reduced environments in communities and neighbourhoods for the future.

We should not ignore serious and harmful crimes in our communities.

We all suffer from them-the victim, the offender and the whole community.

If we work together there are things which we can do about them now, and for the future.