Summertime Crime Watch

At a loss for good crime watching activities to undertake with the long summer holidays stretching before you? SUMMER ACTIVITY IDEAS

Reward your Core Group for a job well done! They've been working hard all year long collecting reports, patrolling the halls, and spreading the word among their peers. Visit Youth Crime Watch's online catalog for YCW materials and special items for your group today.

You'll find t-shirts, caps, patches, pins and pencils, as well as handbooks and manuals for all nine YCW components and more!
 

We are proud to announce the winners of the 2009 Casey Awards and Florida Governor's Awards. And the winners are...

Samantha Dorn served on YCWA's youth advisory board, she volunteered with the YCW program in Zambia, and she put together our recent international conference. So what does she think of Youth Crime Watch? Sam calls it "a challenging but invaluable experience."

YCWA site standards adopted July 2008 update the training requirement. Please review the standards.

Youth Crime Watch KIDSTUFF delivers fun and games for our youngest crime watchers. Now online!

Kentucky: Students at Turkey Foot middle school test their detective skills and dust the halls for fingerprints. Also, a bully box, a "true" beer label, backpack handouts and more great ideas from the bluegrass state!

Florida: Five student projects received grant awards to help take learning beyond the classroom. Grant project topics include drunk driving, cyberbullying, and underage drinking.

Texas: Students in the Harlandale Middle School YCW created an original PSA spot against drunk driving. Great job!

Rhode Island: RI Attorney General Lynch helps students kick off crime watch at Ponaganset

NICE Network features YCWA program model, other community changers.

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The International Centre for the Prevention of Crime has published a wonderful compendium of successful crime prevention projects in urban settings around the world (PDF 3.7 MB).

A study (May 2008) by the U.S. Secret Service and the U.S. Dept. of Education highlights the importance of crime reporting. Check it out: Prior Knowledge of Potential School-based Violence: Information Students learn May Prevent a Targeted Attack (PDF)

U.S. Dept of Education Grants

Stop snitchin'? Watch the 60 Minutes report on the code of silence that is killing our most desperate communities.

The COPS office at USDOJ has a nice study of school-based crime prevention programs, including Youth Crime Watch.

Check out the School Violence Fact Sheet (PDF) from the National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center.

International roundup

YCW Nigeria participates in international discussions in Geneva and focuses on transparency at home.

JCD alumnus in Panama shares his enthusiasm for crime watch with his college peers.

Youth Crime Watch of South Africa has a new contact address, telephone, and email.

JCC Guinea-Bissau takes part in a peace dialogue, celebrates Africa Day and dedicates a memorial to the leader of their independence movement.

National paper publishes editorial praising youth efforts in the Gambia.

Jamaica: Flanker community group dancers make it to national finals.

YCW affiliates in developing countries may be interested in applying for a grant from the UN-HABITAT's Opportunities Fund to support projects in urban areas.

Liberia participates in regional program for youth development.

JCC Brazil adds a new program at E.E. Dr. Paulo Araujo Novaes.

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