Welcome to our June column. We trust that you’ve found our monthly columns interesting. We have enjoyed hearing from you! One of the features of our website is the survey where visitors/members can express which topics are of particular interest to them. This site will be used by ACCPA to help inform the Board what our members and visitors think …

Recap: In our first column, I spoke generally about why crime prevention could/should play a major role in our criminal justice response to ‘crime control’. In essence, it was noted that our current criminal justice system is getting increasingly more expensive and questionably no more effective, or efficient. This, in spite of dramatic advances in forensic technology, court room infrastructure, …

Welcome to our April column! It has been encouraging to see that some of our website visitors have not only read our column but also been kind enough to take time to send us a response. Based on some of the responses, I thought I would dedicate this column to the fundamental question of how does crime prevention work. This …