- Recommendation 1A: Articulate a vision on how crime prevention can contribute to the individual and collective safety and wellbeing of all Canadians.
- Recommendation 1B: Develop a national framework for inter-sectoral collaboration and a ten year action plan for crime prevention.
- Recommendation 1C: Develop permanent and adequately funded responsibility centres at all orders of government.
- Recommendation 2: Concentrate resources where they are the most needed. Develop better diagnostic tools and data collection mechanisms for assessing our progress in this area.
- Recommendation 3: Ensure a greater emphasis on what has worked in crime prevention and in problem-solving partnerships. Federal, provincial and territorial governments must invest more in research, development and training in these areas.
- Recommendation 4: Governments must improve the levels of sustainable supports and resources available for prevention policies and activities.
- Recommendation 5: Governments and national partners must develop effective strategies for educating the public about prevention and for engaging Canadians in prevention programs and activities.
The National Working Group Report entitled Building a Safer Canada is free for non-profit purposes.
These recommendations are also described as a series of questions and step-by-step tasks in Effective Planning for Crime Prevention. This brief report includes a Strategic Planning Worksheet that can help guide you through a practical problem-solving approach to crime prevention.