Defeating Crime and Terrorism Threats
Using Prevention Based Method

November 15, 2006

VCU Student Commons
907 Floyd Avenue
Richmond, Virginia

 Sponsored by
TIPS, VCPA, and VCU

www.tipsonline.org , www.vcpa.org , www.vcu.edu


8:30 AM 

Registration for Participants

 8:50 AM

 Welcome

Dr. Michael Pratt
Director of Center for Public Policy, VCU  

9:00 AM 

Program Introduction  

Dr. Jay S. Albanese
Graduate Director of Criminal Justice, VCU

 

9:10 AM 

Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice: A Local & International Concern

 Dr. Cindy J. Smith
Chief, International Center
National Institute of Justice

 9:30 AM 

Introduction to VCPA and TIPS 

Moment of Silence
Please stand for those who lost their lives while protecting others
from crime and terror

9:40 AM 

The Workshop Concept 

9:45-10:00

 Coffee Break

10:00 – 11:30 AM 

FIRST SESSION: Crime Prevention and Security Awareness

 

1.  Crime Prevention Concept and Its Roots
Patrick D. Harris,
Executive Director
Virginia Crime Prevention Association     

 2.  Vulnerability of Urban Places in Relation to Terrorist Attacks:
A Spatial Modeling Approach for the City of Richmond

Dr. Shian (Ivan) Suen
Urban and Regional Planning Program
VCU L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs 

3Homicide and the Physical Environment Assessing the CPTED Approach
Dr. Morton Gulak, Associate Professor
Urban Studies and Planning
VCU L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs 

11:45 – 13:00 

Lunch Break
Lunch provided (with some Turkish Snacks and Desserts)

1:00 – 2:30 

THE SECOND SESSION:
Prevention Based Emerging Security Technologies
 

1.  Contemporary Technological Developments in Safety
Josh Brown,  
CPP
Director of Security
Virginia Crime Prevention Association

 2.  Using Integrated Safety Technologies in a University
Dr. Jay W. Malcan

Department of Sociology, Social Work & Criminal Justice
Virginia State University

3.  How to Apply Security Technologies in an Organization
Frank Monahan
Director of Enforcement
Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control

4. MOBESE: Technologically Integrated Approach to Crime Prevention in Istanbul
Suleyman Demirci, (A.B.D.)
L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs
Virginia Commonwealth University

2:45 – 4:00 

THE THIRD SESSION: Crime Prevention and Terrorism Awareness

 1.  Proactive Mission of Homeland Security against Terrorism
William H. Parrish, Associate Professor & Program Coordinator

Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness

VCU L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs 

2.  PSI Role in Prevention Oriented Safety Education
Dr. Robyn Diehl Lacks
VCU L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs
VCU Public Safety Institute

3.  Sectoral Policing in Richmond to Reduce Homicide Rates
Major David McCoy
Richmond Police Department

4.  Use of CPTED Concept in Governmental Structures as a Tool
Kim Vann ,
CPS, CPTED Planner
President, VCPA

Henrico County Division of Police

4:10

Closing Remarks 

Dr. Robert D. Holsworth

Dean
College of Humanities and Sciences
Virginia Commonwealth University 

Certification of Participants

 Honorable L. Douglas Wilder
Mayor of Richmond, Virginia

 4:30 – 5:30 

Social Hour