Drug War Facts: Economics Updated regularly, drug War Facts provides reliable information and credible (*At most; the UN Office for drug Control and crime prevention notes that http://www.drugwarfacts.org/economi.htm
Extractions: According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, "[T]he value of the global illicit drug market for the year 2003 was estimated at US$13 bn [billion] at the production level, at $94 bn at the wholesale level (taking seizures into account), and at US$322bn based on retail prices and taking seizures and other losses into account. This indicates that despite seizures and losses, the value of the drugs increase substantially as they move from producer to consumer." Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), World Drug Report 2005 (Vienna, Austria: UNODC, June 2005), p. 127. "If compared to global licit exports (US$7,503 bn in 2003) or compared to global GDP (US$35,765 bn in 2003) the estimated size [of] the global illicit drug market may not appear to be particularly high (0.9% of global GDP at retail level or 1.3% of global exports measures at wholesale level). "Nonetheless, the size of the global illicit drug market is substantial. The value, measured at retail prices, is higher than the GDP of 88% of the countries in the world (163 out of 184 for which the World Bank has GDP data) and equivalent to about three quarters of Sub-Saharan Africas combined GDP (US$439 bn in 2003). The sale of drugs, measured at wholesale prices, was equivalent to 12% of global export of chemicals (US$794 bn), 14% of global agricultural exports (US$674 bn) and exceeded global exports of ores and other minerals (US$79 bn) in 2003. Such sales of drugs were also higher than the combined total licit agricultural exports from Latin America (US$75 bn) and the Middle East (US$10 bn) in 2003."
Vanderburgh Prosecuting Attorney Information on the office and its staff, antidrug calendar winners, a juror questionnaire, and tips on crime prevention. http://www.vanderburghprosecutor.org/
Extractions: Welcome to the official web site of the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor's Office On this site you will find information about the office and staff and the many public services provided by the office. You also can read about recent cases prosecuted by our attorneys and read other interesting legal news. - - Stanley M. Levco, Prosecuting Attorney
Usaonwatch.org - National Association Of Town Watches promotion of organized, law enforcementaffiliated crime and drug preventionprograms. As a national group member of the crime prevention Coalition, http://www.usaonwatch.org/partners/natw.aspx
Extractions: National Association of Town Watches The National Association of Town Watch (NATW) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the development and promotion of organized, law enforcement-affiliated crime and drug prevention programs. Members include: Neighborhood, Crime, Community, Town and Block Watch Groups; law enforcement agencies; state and regional crime prevention associations; and a variety of businesses, civic groups and concerned individuals working to make their communities safer places in which to live and work. Since 1981, NATW's network of information, assistance and affiliation has been serving hundreds of member groups from throughout North America. As a national group member of the Crime Prevention Coalition, National Association of Town Watches supports the "McGruff-Take a Bite Out of Crime" campaign. NATW's center of information, programs and technical assistance works with law enforcement and civilian leaders to keep volunteers interested, involved and motivated. NATW's annual "National Night Out" (NNO) program which is held on the first Tuesday each August, has been extraordinarily successful in promoting involvement in crime and drug prevention activities, strengthening police-community relations, and encouraging neighborhood camaraderie as part of the fight for safer streets. Since 1984, "National Night Out-America's Night Out Against Crime" has grown to involve over 30 million people from more than 9,000 communities.
HODAC, Inc. A parent organization which addresses the following issues; alcohol, tobacco and other drug abuse prevention, crime victim's support, teen pregnancy and other adolescent issues. http://hodac.org
Stop Drugs.org - Your Safety National Directory of drug Abuse and Alcoholism Treatment and prevention Programs High Technology crime Investigator s Association Indiana prevention http://www.stopdrugs.org/sitemap.html
Stop Drugs.org - Internet Resouces Office for crime prevention and Security, Department of Housing andUrban National Association of State Alcohol and drug Abuse Directors(NASADAD) http://www.stopdrugs.org/internetresources.html
Police - City Of Bowling Green, KY - Official Municipal Website Currently has a sworn force of 90 officers. The officers are assigned to various divisions Patrol, Investigations, Administration, crime prevention, Media Relations, DARE program, crime Analysis or drug Enforcement. An additional 28 civilian employees work in support divisions. http://www.bgky.org/police
Police List Of Resources:Crime Prevention - Www.copnet.org copnet.org, Police List of Resources *National crime prevention Council Canada; *RCMP - K - Division drug-Awareness Program Youth; *Vancouver, http://www.copnet.org/prl/crime_prevention.html
Extractions: A.D.D. Against Drunk Driving - Altenate Website A.D.D. Against Drunk Driving- Canada A.D.D. - Child Safety Network of Australia Alberta Community Crime Prevention - Canada Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Program - ADAM Community Policing Consortium - a partnership of five of the leading police organizations in the United States. D.A.R.E. - Ottawa County Sheriff's Office, Port Clinton OH D.A.R.E. Officer Huber's Page Gangs OR US - Gang Training and Criminal Justice Consulting Heads Up - Fraud Prevention Association LawDawg - Law Enforcement and Community information and issues Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association and Educational Foundation - SafeNet National Crime Prevention Center - Canada (English and French)
Criminal Justice Resources: Drugs And Crime PREVLINE prevention Online http//www.health.org/ An information warehouse ondrugs, alcohol, drug abuse, prevention, treatment, education, resources, http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/crimjust/drugs.htm
Extractions: Drugs and Crime "At a cost of approximately $28,000 per person, the State of Michigan currently spends in excess of $160 million dollars each year to incarcerate drug offenders. The actual cost to Michigan taxpayers is much higher because costs of incarceration do not include costs associated with crime investigations, prosecution, and defense of individuals charged with drug offenses." Source: Drug Policies in the State of Michigan: Economic Effects. Francisco A. Villarruel, MSU Institute for Children, Youth, and Families, April 2003. Web Sites Articles and Publications Annotations in Alphabetical Order by Title Web Sites America's Drug War American Council for Drug Education Americas.org Drug War Anti-Drug Page ... U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy Articles and Publications Alcohol and Crime Are Crack Users Being Sentenced Fairly? Are Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentences Cost-Effective Behind Bars: Substance Abuse and America's Prison Population ... World Drug Report 2005 (book) Annotations in Alphabetical Order by Title Alcohol and Crime
Texas Chapters Of National Organizations It promotes involvement in crime and drug prevention activities, strengtheningpolicecommunity Texas crime prevention Association http//www.tcpa.org/ http://www.alcoholfreechildren.org/en/states/tx.cfm?doc_id=116
Georgia Chapters Of National Organizations CADCA is membership organization of over 5000 antidrug coalitions, each workingto make Georgia crime prevention Association NCPC national organization http://www.alcoholfreechildren.org/en/states/ga.cfm?doc_id=189
Extractions: Quality Data for Journalists and Researchers Also, check out this page for the latest drug policy-related research news Justice Policy Institute, Washington, DC, August 2005 This policy brief measures the efficacy and the impact of US national drug control policies. Law enforcement has been at the center of federal spending on criminal justice responses to drug use for decades. Yet leading national indicators of drug use and drug violations show that there is no clear relationship between drug arrests and drug use, and that the impact of increased arrests, convictions and incarcerations of people for marijuana offenses has significant and measurable collateral consequences on communities and individuals. Evaluation of the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act 2004 Report Douglas Longshore, PhD, et al., UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Prepared for the Dept. of Alcohol and Drug Programs, CA Health and Human Services Agency, Aug. 4, 2005. This is the third in a series of annual reports from the independent statewide evaluation of the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act (SACPA) [Proposition 36] prepared by UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs for the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs. City of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June 2005
Extractions: Drug War Chronicle DrugSense News Weekly NORML News Drug Policy Alliance News ... Contact Common Sense Click to go directly to the item or just scroll down the page 1. Shift Resources Into Programs That Work 2. Make Treatment Available on Request Like Any Other Health Service 3. Prevent Drug Abuse By Investing in American Youth and Providing Them with Accurate Information 4. Focus Law Enforcement Resources on the Most Dangerous and Violent Criminals ... Washington, D.C. For decades the United States has been fighting a losing war against drugs. While budgets have increased dramatically over the last two decades and drug-related incarcerations consistently reach new records, drug problems worsen. Adolescent drug abuse is increasing, overdose deaths are at record levels, heroin and cocaine are cheaper, more pure and more available, and health problems related to drugs, especially the spread of HIV/AIDS, are mounting, while an expensive and ineffective international counter narcotics policy entails growing human rights and environmental costs. Drug problems can be reduced at less cost if we change course and adopt strategies that work. At a time when the federal budget is limited, programs need to re-evaluated to make sure that funding goes only to programs that work. We need new ideas to save lives - we can't afford to continue to be wrong.
Drugs Crime Link There is a clear association between illicit drug use and property crime. Home Office drugs prevention Initiative Paper no 23. Edmunds, M., Hough, M., http://www.drugscope.org.uk/druginfo/evidence-select/drugscrime.htm
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Neighborhood Crime Prevention Neighborhood crime prevention and safety research and best practices. Issues covered include community mobilization, prevention of drug use, http://www.solutionsforamerica.org/thrivingneigh/crime-prevention.html
Extractions: THE SAFETY OF A NEIGHBORHOOD is an important indicator of its overall economic and social health. Neighborhood crime prevention efforts are essential. Safe neighborhoods are necessary to foster common values and community quality of life. Neighborhood crime, on the other hand, creates fear and distrust among residents. Crime is more common in poorer neighborhoods with high population turnover density where bonds between residents are vulnerable. Crime also flourishes in neighborhoods where there are more opportunities for violence, such as illegal drug and gun markets (Reiss and Roth Left unchallenged, neighborhood crime contributes to community neglect and disintegration. There are few incentives to invest, either economically or socially, in an unsafe neighborhood. Residents are suspicious of each other and become demoralized about their neighborhoods, inhibiting cooperation. Community networks formed by youth emulating positive adult behavior suffer when people are fearful and distrustful (Moore
Education And Youth Development www.ncpc.org crime prevention educational awareness, community and youth www.ycwa.org A youthled project to create crime- and drug-free schools and http://www.childrensdefense.org/education/prevention/otherorganizations.aspx
CJCJ: Related Links National crime prevention Council http//www.ncpc.org/ National Associationof drug Court Professionals http//www.nadcp.org http://www.cjcj.org/links/index.php
Extractions: This site posts extensive data about the current prison population, including breakdown by gender, ethnicity, citizenship, and type of offense. The site also contains a weekly population report and contact number for the Department of Corrections in every state. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Extractions: TELF03-3509-7732 FAXF03-3508-8870 E-mailFinfo@acpf.org Programme Management Bureau Asia Crime Prevention Foundation 7thFl., Daiwabank Toranomon Bldg.,1-6-21 Nishi-C Minatoku-ku T.... Address: Daiya Toranomon Bldg. 7F, 1-6-21 Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0003 Phone: Fax: e-mail: info@acpf.org Drug Abuse Prevention Center (Mayaku Kakuseizai Ranyo Boshi Center) http://www.dapc.or.jp/english/index.htm The Establishment of the Center and the Situation of Drug Abuse in Japan Information About the Drug Abuse Prevention Center The Current Role of the Center Direction and Activities in the Future Report.... Address: No. 1 Okana Bldg., 2-7-9 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0001 Phone: Fax: e-mail: dame@dapc.or.jp The Japan Crime Prevention Association (Zenkoku Bohan Kyokai Rengokai (Zenboren)) http://www.bohan.or.jp/ (Japanese only)
Information On...Crime Prevention Source The National crime prevention Council, www.ncpc.org. Back to Top Violence prevention Programs and Legislation. The Safe and drugFree Schools http://www.uwcnm.org/information/crimeprevention.htm
Extractions: Domestic Violence Information on: What Is Crime Prevention? Crime Prevention fosters conditions, attitudes and behaviors that promote a safer community. Prevention programs can be looked at as having one of two tracks: preventing victimization and preventing criminalization. Preventing Victimization Most crime prevention programs emphasize this track. We do this with programs that change conditions to make people less vulnerable to victimization or we change attitudes and behaviors to make people safer. Examples of making people less vulnerable to victimization are crime prevention through environmental design, home safety inspections, Block Home program and Neighborhood Watch. Changing attitudes and behaviors starts by providing basic information about how to be safer using multimedia formats, or by providing training in areas like Personal Safety and Confrontation Management. Preventing Criminalization
