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Government of Canada

House of Commons Turning Outrage into Action to Address Trafficking for the Purpose of Sexual Exploitation in Canada: Report of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women <http://cmte.parl.gc.ca/cmte/CommitteePublication.aspx?COM=10477&Lang=1&SourceId=195927  

Understanding the Early Years An Update of Early Childhood Development Results in Four Canadian Communities 

http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/cs/sp/sdc/pkrf/publications/nlscy/uey/2005-072005/page00.shtml  

Justice Canada

Spousal Abuse Policies and Legislation Final Report of the Ad Hoc Federal-Provincial-Territorial Working Group Reviewing Spousal Abuse Policies and Legislation: Prepared for Federal-Provincial-Territorial Ministers Responsible for Justice

http://canada.justice.gc.ca/en/ps/fm/reports/spousal_e.pdf

New Website for Accessing Acts and Regulations <http://canada.justice.gc.ca/en/news/nr/2007/doc_31978.html>  

Family Violence Youth Site http://justice.gc.ca/fvi/index.html

Public Safety Canada

National Crime Prevention CentrE Youth Gangs in Canada: A Preliminary Review of Programs and Services http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/res/cp/_fl/ygreport_2005-en.pdf

National Police Leadership Survey on Crime Prevention through Social Development http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/res/cp/res/_fl/Police%20Survey_CPSD_Final%20Report_en.pdf

Statistics Canada

Portrait of the Canadian Population in 2006: Findings http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/analysis/popdwell/index.cfm

Seniors as Victims of Crime, 2004 and 2005 http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/85F0033MIE/85F0033MIE2007014.htm

Impacts and Consequences of Victimization, GSS 2004 http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/85-002-XIE/85-002-XIE2007001.pdf

Criminal victimization in the workplace, GSS 2004 http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/85F0033MIE/85F0033MIE2007013.pdf

Police-reported data on organized crime, hate-motivated crime and cyber crime, 2005 http://www.statcan.ca/cgi-bin/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurvey&SDDS=3302&lang=en&db=IMDB&dbg=f&adm=8&dis=2

Provincial / Territorial Governments

Ontario

Guns and gangs operations centre to target criminals. <http://www.premier.gov.on.ca/news/Product.asp?ProductID=985

Newfoundland/Labrador

http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2007/exec/0305n05.htm

International Women's Week Seeks Real Results to End Violence. 03/2007

Prince Edward Island

Department of Health Builds Youth Addiction Strategy ~ Series of Public Consultations to be Held http://www.gov.pe.ca/index.php3/index.php3?number=news&lang=E&newsnumber=5009 

Prince Edward Island Invests in Early Learning for Preschool Children and Families http://www.gov.pe.ca/news/getrelease.php3?number=5032

Voices for Children

Binoculars on bullying: a new solution to protect and connect children http://www.voicesforchildren.ca/report-Feb2007-1.htm . Dr. Debra Pepler, York University and the Hospital for Sick Children and Dr. Wendy Craig, Queen's University, February 2007

Ontario Gang Investigators Association http://www.ongia.org 

United States

Bureau of Justice Statistics.

Criminal Victimization in the United States, 2005 - Statistical Tables http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/cvusst.htm

Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)

School-Based Partnerships: A Problem-Solving Strategy http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/mime/open.pdf?Item=1920

University of Chicago. Centre for Children.

Chicago Children and Youth 1990-2010: Changing Population Trends and Their Implications for Services <http://www.chapinhall.org/article_abstract.aspx?ar=1445&L2=62&L3=105> , by Robert Goerge, John Dilts, Duck-Hye Yang, Miriam Wasserman and Anne Clary. 2007.

Offending During Late Adolescence: How do Youth Aging Out of Care Compare with Their Peers? http://www.chapinhall.org/article_abstract.aspx?ar=1443&L2=61&L3=132 Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Tool Kit for Creating Your Own Truancy Reduction Program - February 2007 http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/publications/truancy_toolkit.html

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)

Drug Abuse Prevention Newsletter http://www.randomstudentdrugtesting.org/newsletter/fall_winter_06/pdf/sfs_fallwinter06.pdf

International organizations / Organismes internationaux

Australian Institute of Criminology

A Framework for Measuring the Performance of Drug Law Enforcement http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi2/tandi332.pdf . Peter Homel and Katie Willis. Trends and issues in crime and criminal justice. No. 332. February 2007.

Perceptions of crime http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/cfi/cfi143.pdf. Crime facts info No. 143. February 2007.

Violence in Indigenous communities. http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/cfi/cfi139.html Crime facts info No. 139. January 2007.

Community perceptions of domestic violence http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/cfi/cfi138.html . Crime facts info No. 138. December 2006.

Policing Substance Misuse in Rural & Remote Communities: A Good Practice Framework http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/crm/crm055.html . Fact sheet (6 March 2007)

Cost effectiveness of early intervention http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/crm/crm054.html . Fact sheet (7 Feb 2007)

Policing domestic violence: barriers and good practice http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/crm/crm053.html . Fact sheet - 01/ 2007

Home Office

Community engagement: practical lessons from a pilot project. http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/dpr48.pdf Home Office Development and Practice Report 48. February 2007.

Identifying and exploring young people's experiences of risk, protective factors and resilience to drug use http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/dpr47.pdf.Home Office Development and Practice Report 47. February 2007.

Evaluation of Drug Interventions Programme pilots for children and young people: arrest referral, drug testing and Drug Treatment and Testing Requirements http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/rdsolr0707.pdf. Home Office Online Report 07/07.

Predictive factors for illicit drug use among young people: a literature review http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/rdsolr0507.pdf. Home Office Online Report 05/07.

Risk, protective factors and resilience to drug use:  identifying resilient young people and learning from their experiences http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/rdsolr0407.pdf. Home Office Online Report 04/07.

Young People and Crime: Findings from the 2005 Offending, Crime and Justice Survey http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs06/hosb1706.pdf. Home Office Statistical Bulletin 17/06- December 2006.

Articles

Strueber, Daniel, Monika Lueck and Roth Gerhard. "Violent behavior never erupts from a single cause. Rather it appears to result from a complex web of related factors, some genetic and others environmental" in The Violent Brain http://www.sciammind.com/print_version.cfm?articleID=33EF147A-E7F2-99DF-3696EF69D814FCFF : December 2006.

Conferences Canada

Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police.

CACP Annual Conference http://www.cacp.ca/english/conferences/CALGARY2007/CACP2007.htm  - Calgary, Alberta. August 19-22, 2007.

Our conference theme is Confidence in Crisis. This August, we look forward to working collaboratively and exchanging ideas about how to better prepare and manage crises in our

communities and organizations.

CACP Crime Prevention Committee - International Congress on Street Gangs http://www.cacp.ca/english/conferences/Street%20Gangs/Gangs.htm. October 28-31, 2007

United-States

American Bar Association (ABA) Center on Children and the Law http://www.abanet.org/child - Cambridge, MA. April 13-15, 2007.  In partnership with Harvard Law School's Child Advocacy Program will hold the National Conference on Children and Law.  This year's theme is "Promoting Children's Interests: Preparation, Practice & Policy Reform".

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