By: Auntianna Pace

Crime Prevention

Introduction

Hey how are you all doing today? I have website I would like you all to see. It is raidsonline.com I'm going to enter my address. On September 29, 2011 there was a house invasion a block away from my house and I live in Golf Manor, this shows we all have crime in our communities.

My Research

Cease Fire Program: Cease Fire has helps fueled people in which are the employees of former gang members in the city’s poorest neighborhoods they are known as the violence interrupters. Their job is to meditate disputes between gangs and prevent retaliatory killings.

The program has been found to directly reduce shootings by 16% to 34% in targeted neighborhoods.

Jobs curbs Violence : experts believe that if youth is busy they will get in less trouble. This helps reduce violence in neighborhoods.

My Easy Bib

"Crime Prevention Programs." American University Washington D.C. | Schools, Colleges, Undergraduate, Graduate, Admissions, Academics, Degrees, Faculty. 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016, 2011. Web. 19 Sept. 2011. <http://www.american.edu/finance/publicsafety/crimeprevention.cfm>.

King, Anna. "Town Fights Gang Violence With A Summer Picnic : NPR." NPR : National Public Radio : News & Analysis, World, US, Music & Arts : NPR. 09 Aug. 2011. Web. 13 Sept. 2011. <http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=139338054>.

Szalavitz, Maia. "The Interrupters: Stopping the Contagion of Violence." 09 Sept. 2011. Web. 12 Sept. 2011.

Warshaw, Aubrey. "How to Prevent Crime in Your Neighborhood | EHow.com." EHow | How to Videos, Articles & More - Trusted Advice for the Curious Life | EHow.com. 1999-2011. Web. 20 Sept. 2011. <http://www.ehow.com/how_2143153_prevent-crime-neighborhood.html>.