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Your State - Crime Statistics
Disaster Center Crime Rates in Virginia from 1960 to 1997 www.disastercenter.com/crime/vacrime.htm
Teen Violence Prevention Programs
Communities In Schools Jessica Walsh 1199 N. Fairfax Street, Suite 300 Alexandria, VA 22314-1436 Phone: 703-518-2579 Fax: 703-519-7213 URL: www.cisnet.org	Communities in Schools matches at-risk youth with mentors, in an attempt to keep them in school with a personal, one-on-one relationship with students, give them marketable skills to use upon graduation, and a chance to give back to the community. It has 1100 programs in 35 states and D.C., with five regional offices and the nat'l HQ in Alexandria, VA.
Task Force on Gang and Youth Violence of the Attorney General's Office of Virginia Office of the Attorney General 900 E. Main Street Richmond, VA 23219 Phone: 804-786-2071 Fax: 804-786-1991 E-mail: mail@oag.state.va.us URL: www.vaag.com (search under special projects)
Hate Crime Prevention Programs
Hope in the Cities (HIC) Robert L. Corcoran, National Director 1103 Sunset Avenue Richmond, VA 23221 Phone: 804-358-1764 Fax: 804-358-1769 E-mail: hopecities@aol.com URL: www.hopeinthecities.org	Purpose: To foster a healing process through honest conversations on race, reconciliation, and responsibility. HIC offers experience, resources, and a process of encouraging reconciliation and responsibility for positive changes to race relations. HIC has inspired and facilitated cross-racial partnerships in many communities throughout the country by convening neighborhood, regional, and national forms to provide opportunities for honest racial dialogue.
Virginians for Justice Shirley Lesser, Executive Director P.O. Box 342 Richmond, VA 23218 Phone: 804-643-4816 Fax: 804-643-2050 URL: www.visi.net/vj	Policy-oriented organization that collects data on anti-gay, anti-lesbian, anti-bisexual, and anti-transgender crimes in Virginia. The organization currently provides no support to victims but is working on integrating that into their mission.
Community Crime Prevention Programs
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National Center on Institutions and Alternatives 3125 Mt. Vernon Avenue Alexandria, VA 22305 Phone: 703-684-0373 Fax: 703-684-6037 E-mail: info@ncianet.org URL: www.ncianet.org/ncia	The National Center on Institutions and Alternatives (NCIA) is based in Alexandria, Virginia, and has been on the cutting edge of criminal justice reform in the United States since its founding in 1977. Since its inception, NCIA has provided innovative programs and services for juvenile services to state and local jurisdictions throughout the country. The research Institute of NCIA collects and reports data and tries to provide practical uses for its studies.
Pew Partnership 145-C Ednam Drive Charlottesville, VA 22903 Phone: 804-971-2073 Fax: 804-971-7042 E-mail: mail@pew-partnership.org URL: www.pew-partnership.org	The Pew Partnership is a civic research organization whose mission is to document and disseminate cutting-edge community solutions. The Pew Partnership directs three national initiatives: Wanted: Solutions for America is a call to the nation to identify, replicate, and celebrate what is working today to solve urgent community problems. The Pew Civic Entrepreneur Initiative (PCEI) is spurring ten communities nationwide to broaden and deepen their leadership. The Civic Change Project launched collaborative, community problem-solving projects in 14 smaller cities tackling tough issues, such as at-risk youth, affordable housing, and jobs.
Virginia Crime Prevention Association Patrick D. Harris, Executive Director 4914 Radford Avenue, #306 Richmond, VA 23230 Phone: 804-359-8120 Fax: 804-359-1705 E-mail: VaPrevent@aol.com URL: www.vcpa.com	The VCPA provides a wide range of training services, including basic, advanced, and specialized courses. It can also respond to specific training needs of an agency or organization. The length of courses range from one to five days. A variety of consulting services are available from the VCPA. In many instances services are provided at no cost. The VCPA prints and distributes free crime prevention material for law enforcement agencies, nonprofit organizations and community groups.
Check with your local police department for more crime prevention resources in your area.
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