Drawing on forty years of distinguished service in delinquency prevention, John Calhoun, founder of the National Crime Prevention Council, lays out the essential ingredients for preventing violence. These include strategies for connecting with alienated youth, building community norms of caring, reducing access of weapons of violence, and claiming unclaimed kids. The Department of Youth Services […]
Article: Transforming How the Nation Fights Crime
* written by Jeffrey Klineman in the April 15, 2004 edition of The Chronicle of Philanthropy When he went to the nation’s capital, John A. Calhoun thought he would spend two or three years there, just long enough to do some work for President Jimmy Carter. He ended up spending nearly three decades […]
Making a Connection
There is little question about it: Most troubled youths have little sense of connection to their communities and do not understand their value as community members or how crime hurts them, as well as their families and friends. On the other hand, youths who feel like part of the community – whose skills and contributions […]
Faith and Funding Simplified
The issue of funding faith-based public services is simpler than some would think. We are not talking about the gamut of faith- related services. Faith-linked programs, run by or in religious facilities, have been providing effective community services with public money for years. They should continue. Faith-filled programs have rejected public funding, or should not […]
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