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A Look at Local Crime Prevention and Reduction Research Initiatives – Western Canadian context

A Look at Local Crime Prevention and Reduction Research Initiatives – Western Canadian context. The Centre for Criminology and Justice Research (CCJR):. DR. JOHN WINTERDYK, DIRECTOR Centre for Criminology and Justice Research Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB . www.mtroyal.ca/ccjr.

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A Look at Local Crime Prevention and Reduction Research Initiatives – Western Canadian context

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  1. A Look at Local Crime Prevention and Reduction Research Initiatives – Western Canadian context The Centre for Criminology and Justice Research (CCJR): DR. JOHN WINTERDYK, DIRECTOR Centre for Criminology and Justice Research Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB. www.mtroyal.ca/ccjr

  2. Overview • The Evolution of the CCJR • CCJR Objectives • CCJR Supported Projects • Project Themes • Ongoing and Completed Projects • Future Direction of CCJR • Contact Information

  3. The Evolution of the CCJR • Successful Proposal: “Putting Justice Back in Our Court” • Operating Grant • Commencement of CCJR operations: January 2010 • “Official” CCJR launch: June 2010

  4. CCJR Objectives CCJR Objectives Include: Promotingcollaboration among faculty, students, industry experts and community members Establishing partnerships with related criminal justice agencies and provide independent services to help direct policy through informed research outcomes Supporting and generating evidence-based research initiatives to prevent and/or reduce crime by addressing crime risk and protective factors

  5. CCJR Supported Projects

  6. CCJR Supported Projects PROJECT THEMES • Crime prevention and protection research attentive to:age, gender, and ethnicity • Methodological contributions • Theoretical implications • Substantive areas: • parenting programs and practices • resiliency and asset building among at-risk youth • dating, domestic, and other intimate forms of violence • Value: $9,000 to $59,000 • June ‘10 – March ‘11 - xx completed xx pending

  7. CCJR Supported Projects: COMPLETED Factors Affecting Women’s Mental Illness After Intimate Forms of Violence ExaminedThe relative impact of selected risk and resilience factors facing women who experience intimate partner violence and sexual assault DesignSystematic literature review OutcomesPrior trauma is a recurring issue in mental illness consequences; no clear differences between those victimized by partners vs. non partners in terms of violence; sexual aggression results in greater consequences than does physical violence; support from family and friends yields lower levels of mental illness-related symptoms

  8. CCJR Supported Projects: COMPLETED Giving Children a Voice ExaminedThe gaps in, and barriers to, services in the child protection and custody systems for children aged 12 and under involved in high conflict custody cases. DesignInterviews OutcomesSeveral needs were determined, including: communication among court systems, early intervention, formal resources for families and professionals, parental and professional education and information

  9. CCJR Supported Projects: COMPLETED Reducing Dating Violence and Its Impact on Post-Secondary Students (Phase I) ExaminedThe development, implementation, and evaluation of a peer facilitated dating violence prevention program for post-secondary students DesignPhase I of pilot project involved: recruitment and training of peer facilitators, adaptation/development of curriculum for post-secondary population, development of evaluation measures, partner establishment OutcomesAll deliverables met – Phase II to involve data collection and analysis

  10. CCJR Supported Projects: ONGOING Evaluating the Effects of an Asset Building Program for Young Offenders Examines The experience and impact of a 6-week psycho-educational program provided to adolescents held in custody DesignQuasi-experimental, comparative; mixed methodologies Anticipated OutcomesYouth participating in the intervention program will demonstrate increased recognition of positive personal identities, develop competent social skills and experience positive social values

  11. CCJR Supported Projects: COMPETED Youth Risk and Resilience: Exploring Community Stakeholders’ Perspectives Examines Youth crime, risk, and resilience from the perspectives of key community stakeholders in AB and Sask. DesignComparative; interviews and focus groups Anticipated Outcomes Increased contextual, social, and cultural understanding of barriers and processes involved in reducing risk and enhancing resilience among youth

  12. CCJR Supported Projects: ONGOING Preventing and Reducing Crime in Ethnocultural Communities Examines Criminological risk and protective factors specific to ethnocultural communities DesignIn-depth literature review, focus groups Anticipated Outcomes Identification, development, and recommendation of effective strategies to prevent and reduce crime in ethnocultural communities

  13. CCJR Supported Projects: ONGOING Domestic Violence: Primary Prevention Initiative ExaminesThe scope, profile, and risk and protective factors associated with domestic violence in Calgary, with a particular focus on Filipino communities DesignMeta-analysis, interviews Anticipated Outcomes Developed understanding about the scope and prevalence of domestic violence and public attitudes about it; identification of prevention initiatives; enriched public policy analysis; development of a compendium of local services

  14. CCJR Supported Projects: ONGOING Demographic Trends and Crime in the Province of Alberta Examines Population projections for Alberta over the next 5 to 10 years in terms of the implications of population change on crime in the future DesignStandard demographic procedures based upon age-structure projections, available age-specific crime rates, and assumptions that age-specific rates are static Anticipated Outcomes Descriptions of Alberta subpopulation crime forecasts in age and sex specific rates

  15. CCJR Supported Projects: ONGOING Building Safe Communities From the Start: The Feasibility of Measuring Outcomes of Parenting Programs to Support Families of Young Children ExaminesThe measurement properties (e.g., the reliability and validity) of the UpStart Parent Survey DesignMixed methodologies Anticipated OutcomesEvidence of the effectiveness of prevention-focused parenting programs (captured in brief, reliable and valid measurement tools) will reduce respondent completion burden and will provide accurate understanding of program impact

  16. CCJR Supported Projects: ONGOING Stepping Up: Reducing Dating Violence and Its Impact on Post-Secondary Students (Phase II) ExaminesThe development, implementation, and evaluation of a peer facilitated dating violence prevention program for post-secondary students DesignMixed methodologies Anticipated OutcomesKnowledge, attitudinal, behavioral changes; measures of program satisfaction (participants, facilitators, and providers)

  17. Future Direction of the CCJR • SROIs • Provincial hub • Network • Applied • Crime prevention and victim • Collaborate nationally and internationally… several projects underway • RAs

  18. Contact Information VISIT OUR WEBPAGE:mtroyal.ca/ccjr(downloadable brochure at our homepage) EMAIL THE CCJR: ccjr@mtroyal.ca CONTACT THE DIRECTOR:Dr. John Winterdykjwinterdyk@mtroyal.ca403.440.6992

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