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Your State - Crime Statistics
Disaster Center Crime Rates in Oklahoma from 1960 to 1997 www.disastercenter.com/crime/okcrimn.htm
Teen Violence Prevention Programs
Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs Dawn Byram, Director of Media and Community Relations PO Box 268812 Oklahoma City, OK 73126 Phone: 405-530-2800 Fax: 405-530-2890 URL: www.state.ok.us/~oja
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
Oklahoma Criminal Justice Resource Center Bill Huntington, Prevention Coordinator 5500 N. Western, Suite 245 Oklahoma City, OK 73118 Phone: 405-858-7025 Fax: 405-858-7040 URL: www.state.ok.us /~ocjrc/prevent.htm	The Prevention/Intervention Center assists in establishing linkages between agencies and organizations having common crime interdiction and intervention goals and objectives. The focus of this unit is as follows: 1) Maintaining a prevention/intervention library to provide resources in the areas of education, information, and research. 2) Assisting the Oklahoma Crime Stoppers, Inc. program. 3) Identifying national prevention/intervention programs for replication by agencies and organizations in Oklahoma 4) Coordinating with various state and local volunteer organizations whose goals include crime prevention and intervention. 5) Making available model anticrime and prevention programs that are working in other areas of the nation to work with school youth and senior organizations.
Oklahoma Department of Human Services Barbara Kidder, Program Director of Adult Protective Services 312 N.E. 28th Street Oklahoma City, OK 73105 Phone: 405-521-3660 Fax: 405-521-2086
The Addressing Violence in Oklahoma Coalition www.health.state.ok.us /program/injury/violence	Addressing Violence in Oklahoma is a collaborative effort of individuals from many disciplines concerned with the growing problem of violence. Their website is to help Oklahomans understand the nature and magnitude of violence as a public health issue and to provide a catalyst for community action. We also want Oklahomans to be aware of the commitment of agencies, organizations, and individuals in the Addressing Violence in Oklahoma Coalition (AVIOC) to help solve the violence dilemma together. The website includes stats on violence by county.
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Check with your local police department for more crime prevention resources in your area.