Note
"Report Date: November 26, 2012"--cover.
"In October 2012, the Ottawa Police Service, Crime Prevention Ottawa, the Youth Services Bureau, and Ottawa Community Housing co-hosted a Public Forum and a Leadership Symposium "Taking Action Together: Addressing Gangs in Our City" with the aim to engage community members and stakeholders to collectively propose strategies to address gangs in Ottawa"--page 3.
Issued also in French under title: Agissons ensemble : abordons la question des bandes de rue dans notre ville : rapport de recommandations.
Summary
It is recommended that a set of Guiding Principles (GP) be defined to reflect the beliefs and assumptions that will guide our collective response to gangs. These proposed principles emerged during the Public Forum and the Leadership Symposium as the community engaged in open and frank dialogue. It is suggested that subsequent recommendations and future action embrace at least one or more of these guiding principles. These include (in no particular order):
Youth centered;
Youth engagement;
Family engagement;
Community-based;
Evidence-based/risk-based/results-focused;
Integration, collaboration and partnerships;
Information sharing;
Increased investment in prevention.
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