BACKGROUND

Welcome to the Community Safety and Crime Prevention Practitioners Training Program!

This program is designed for crime prevention volunteers and professionals who want practical information on what they can do to enhance safety and security for people, places, and property. It was developed by the Justice Institute of B.C., with funding from the Vancouver Foundation, to meet the need for practical, skill-based crime prevention training. Justice Institute staff worked with an advisory group of crime prevention practitioners to develop the program, which first appeared in print format in 1998.

In 1999, the Justice Institute received a Crime Prevention Partnership Program grant from the National Crime Prevention Centre (NCPC) of Canada to adapt the course materials for Web-based learning. The NCPC recognized the contribution that this project would make to the objectives of the National Strategy on Community Safety and Crime Prevention. The grant announcement was made jointly by A. Anne McLellan, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, and Lawrence MacAulay, Solicitor General of Canada. A second advisory committee and a site implementation group were formed to oversee this project.