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LOUISIANA CRIME PREVENTION RESOURCES

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Your State - Crime Statistics and Research
Disaster Center Crime Rates in Louisiana from 1960 to 1997
www.disastercenter.com/crime/lacrime.htm
 
Teen Violence Prevention Programs
Southwest Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT)
Mike Lowther, Project Director
Southwest Prevention Center, The University of Oklahoma
555 Constitution Street, Ste. 132
Norman, OK 73072

Phone: 800-853-2572
E-mail: molowther@ou.edu
URL: www.swcapt.org
The fundamental mission of the national CAPT system is to bring research to practice. The CAPT system is designed to work with States and local communities, policymakers and local leaders, agencies and task forces to apply the science-based prevention technology that works. This group works in Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska.

 
Community Crime Prevention Programs
Common Ground
Lance Hill, Executve Director
Tulane University
MR Box 1692, 31 McAlister Dr.
New Orleans, LA 70118-5555

Phone: 504-865-6100
Fax: 504-862-8957
E-mail: so-inst@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu
URL: www.tulane.edu/~so-inst
or
www.tulane.edu/~so-inst/catalyst
Purpose: To create forums through which Southerners can discuss and improve race relations. Common Ground works as a springboard in communities, bringing interethnic groups together to address the divisions of race and ethnicity that tear at a community. This dialogue is intended to change people;s attitudes and open their hearts and minds.
St. Bernard Sheriff's Office - Crime .
Sgt. Larry Ingargiola
PO Box 168
Shalnette, LA 70044

Phone: 504-278-7634
Fax: 504-278-760
E-mail: pio@sbso.org
URL: www.sbso.org
This department is actively involved in crime prevention in the community. They host a monthly televised crime "tips" show and their web site contains many helpful crime prevention tips.

Check with your local police department for more crime prevention resources in your area.

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