About the Australian Crime Prevention Council
The Australian Crime Prevention Council is a voluntary association of individuals, departments and organisations representing a wide cross section of interests and disciplines, including branches of the criminal justice system, courts, police, corrections, prisons, mental health services, criminology and the ethnic minority groups.
The council's objectives include:
- Assist and promote the prevention of crime;
- Encourage participation by citizens in the prevention of crime;
- Provide a forum for the free discussion of crime prevention issues;
- Develop awareness and better understanding of the problems of crime and methods properly available to prevent it.
Primarily, the Council sees itself as a facilitator - bringing people and organisations with similar goals together.
News
October 2007 - Townsville AIC Conference and Two day Asia/Pacific forum
Following the Australian Institute of Criminology’s Conference “Improving Community Safety : Lessons from Country and the City” the ACPC convened a regional Forum "Towards A Regional Network In Crime And Conflict Prevention - A Forum Of Key Personnel From The Asia/Pacific Region" held at James Cook University on 20-21 October 2007.
Delegates from Thailand, Lao PDR, Cambodia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji Islands, Samoa, New Zealand and Australia attended the Forum.
Each delegate provided an overview of the crime/conflict situation in their country, identifying any crime prevention strategies being pursued, or in need of implementation; with questions and discussion following.
There followed an open discussion as to which of the experiences and ideas can, in an on-going manner, continue to be shared; what mechanisms had been identified (or were yet to be identified) for sharing amongst the personnel from the Region; and what outcomes might usefully arise from this Forum.
Following two days of discussion a special working group was set up to report back at the end of March 2008 upon options for setting up a new and sustainable organisation to represent this network. The working group report will include an acknowledgement of the excellent support extended by both local governments which showcased leadership in the area of crime prevention and safety promotion in the Asia Pacific region, especially to other local government bodies in the region.