Discussion on the topic of urban crime prevention during the Commission meeting outlined the need for a multisectoral and multidisciplinary approach to urban crime prevention practices. The guidelines outlined below have been developed by the NCPC to assist urban communities interested in developing crime prevention programs. The official format as adopted by the Commission has been modified to reflect strategies and initiatives which would help to make the guidelines more applicable to communities within Canada. In order to develop crime prevention programs that will prove effective at the community level, it is essential that a local approach be developed to address local problems.
Urban crime is characterized by many factors and appears in many forms.
As a result, a prevention strategy requires an integrated, multidisciplinary and coordinated crime prevention action plan. An analysis of crime and victimization in a community. This will identify the characteristics of the crime, factors leading to the crime, the form the crime takes and the extent of the crime. It should also describe the victims of crime, and the types of situations where offending occurs. The identification of all relevant actors who could participate in analyzing the information as well as developing and implementing activities to prevent the crime.