Résumé
The goal of this workshop was to contribute to the development of a national strategy to address the issue of criminal youth gangs in Canada. The workshop built on two recent reports published by the Institute for the Prevention of Crime at the University of Ottawa: Building a Safer Canada (National Working Group on Crime Prevention, 2007) and Effective Planning for Crime Prevention (Hastings, 2009). Together, they describe the elements of a comprehensive national crime prevention strategy and the steps involved in designing and implementing such an approach. The workshop used the planning framework and processes identified in these two reports, and applied them to the challenge of imagining a comprehensive response to the issues of youth gangs, crime and violence.
Contenu
Report on the workshop on developing a strategic approach to criminal youth gangs. 1. Introduction: objectives and organization of the workshop -- 2. Defining the problem and coming to grips with the challenge -- 3. Imagining a comprehensive action plan -- 4. The governance of prevention: responsibility centres and the challenges of organizational change -- 5. Conclusion and recommendations --
Appendices. 1. Agenda of the workshop -- 2. List of participants -- 3. Literature on criminal youth gangs in Canada: preliminary bibliography, 2000-2010.