Preventative Policing in Queensland School (From Crime at School: Proceedings of a Seminar Held 2-4 June 1987 in Canberra, P 149-154, 1987, Dennis Challinger, ed. -See NCJ-110911)

• NCJ Number: 110924
• Author(s): D Jeffries; T Rand; S Leivesley
• Date Published: 1987
• Length: 6 pages
• Sale Source: Australian Institute of Criminology; National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program/Project Description
• Language: English
• Country: Australia
• Note: For microfiche, see NCJ-110911.

Annotation

The Queensland Police Juvenile Aid Bureau (JAB) (Australia) has adopted a community relations strategy and police-school liaison to help prevent juvenile delinquency.

Abstract

The JAB community relations approach focuses on cooperation with other community agencies in working with at-risk youth and their families in early intervention efforts. The JAB is more interested in meeting the child's needs than in applying sanctions for law violations. A police-school liaison unit within the JAB fosters close cooperation between the police and school staffs. School-related police programs include the provision of an officer to provide services to a particular school requesting such services; assistance for a program that teaches children about self-protective behaviors; the sponsoring of a Safety House Program, which designates 'safe' houses in neighborhoods where children may seek safety; and the provision of a training course for police that prepares them to communicate with juveniles and act as a liaison between police and the schools. Future preventative policing may involve more proactive efforts by police; the establishing of a school program for children at risk of delinquency; the analysis of juvenile crimes through computer mapping; and police participation in Health, Education and Welfare Committees which coordinate services for children in the schools.