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November 15, 2008

Saskatoon Approves New CPTED Policy

Due in a large part to one of our newest ICA Board members, the City of Saskatoon, Canada has the following document available - City of Saskatoon CPTED Review Admin Policy as approved by the City Manager and Senior staff on Sept 16th, 2008

September 4, 2008

DOCA Newsletter

Read the latest DOCA newsletter View the newsletter here!

July 21, 2008

ICA Newsletter - CPTED Perspectives Available!

The latest ICA Newsletter, CPTED Perspectives is now avilable for download! To get your copy Click here!

CPTED In The News

Chesterfield Observer (subscription) - Chesterfield,VA,USA B. Code Amendment Relative to CPTED Standards., An ordinance to amend the Code of the County of Chesterfield, 1997, as amended, by amending and re-enacting ... View the story here!

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November 14, 2008

Suggested Reading Materials

Police–Community Relations in a Majority-Black City by Ronald Weitzer, Steven A. Tuch, Wesley G. Skogan

Minority racial and ethnic groups often view themselves as targets of abusive treatment at the hands of the police. Although racial variation in public assessments of the police in the United States has been amply documented in past research, less research has explored the sources of these differences at the intersection of demographic, interactional, and ecological levels. This article examines the role of each factor in shaping citizens' perceptions of police misconduct, racial differences in these perceptions, and the reasons underlying them. The locus of the study is also important. Most research on police–community relations has been conducted in cities whose populations and police departments are majority White in composition, despite the growing number of minority-White cities. The present study draws on data from residents of a majority-Black city with a majority-Black police department: Washington, DC. The findings contribute to our understanding of policing in such underresearched cities.

Examining Personal Security and Avoidance Measures in a 12-City Sample by Matthew J. Giblin

Existing research has recognized the multidimensional nature of self-protective behaviors. Using secondary data collected by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, this study examined the predictive ability of measures related to policing, lifestyles, victimization, neighborhood conditions, and demographic characteristics in explaining six types of protective behavior. Results suggest that factors such as awareness of community policing, satisfaction with police, perceptions of disorder, and sex are consistently related to protective measures, whereas the influence of other factors (e.g., personal victimization, race) varies according to the behavior analyzed.

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The ICA recently hosted an excellent crowd of delegates who have responded with rave reviews of the 2008 ICA Conference! We would like to thank everyone who traveled and took the time to attend this very important and timely conference. The sessions were very well received and the days were filled with amazing presentations.

Thank you to our speakers and ICA Board of Directors, who worked hard to bring it all together. We would also like to thank our sponsors for this year's conference:

• City of Calgary Animal and Bylaw Services
• Calgary Downtown Association
• Community Life Improvement Council
• Canadian Crime Prevention Centre

Copies of some of the presentation mays be found on our Resources Page

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