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    Act Now: The Basic Study of Prevention
    Act Now: The Basic Study of Prevention
    Act Now: The Basic Study of Prevention
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    Act Now: The Basic Study of Prevention

    By Boban Kovacevic

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    Based on personal experience and study a book is written about Community-based prevention programs aim to prevent social issues such as drug misuse, violence, and crime (among others) from occurring in the community by fostering positive behaviors, building healthy relationships, and promoting social norms that discourage harmful activities.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateOct 28, 2024
    ISBN9798369432617
    Act Now: The Basic Study of Prevention
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    Boban Kovacevic

    Boban Kovacevic was born in former Yugoslavia Serbia November 1 , 1970. After attending elementary and middle school in his Hometown of Cacak, he went for two years at Middle School Internal Affairs in Sremska Kamenica. He started work as a police officer in Cacak and also started giving exams for the Police Academy. He left the country and the police force because of civil war in June 1995, and came to the United States. As a former police officer, private investigator and citizen, Boban has always been interested in helping the community, and this time he is doing it through this book.

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      Act Now - Boban Kovacevic

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      Act Now

      THE FIRST EDITION

      The Basic Study of Prevention

      BOBAN KOVACEVIC

      Copyright © 2024 by Boban Kovacevic.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Getty Images are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Getty Images.

      Rev. date: 10/18/2024

      Xlibris

      844-714-8691

      www.Xlibris.com

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      CONTENTS

      I: Free Gift from God

      II: Understand the Problem

      III: Traffic and Safety Considerations for Travelers

      IV: Crime Prevention Work in Community

      V: Prevention at Home

      VI: Workplace Injury Prevention Tips for Ten Common Injuries

      VII: Religion and Prevention

      VIII: Talking Openly about the Blight of Suicide

      IX: Defensible Space

      X: Prevention in Old Egypt and Greece

      CHAPTER I

      Free Gift from God

      Prevention Is Better Than Cure

      (1 Corinthians 7:25–31)

      What Scripture Says about Preventing Sin?

      Romans 6:12–14

      "Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God

      What Is Crime Prevention?

      Crime prevention is defined as the anticipation, the recognition, and the appraisal of a crime risk and the initiation of action to remove or reduce it.

      Crime prevention has been one of the primary mandates of police organizations since the establishment of the first modern style police agency, the London Metropolitan Police, in 1829. Throughout much of the twentieth century, US police agencies relied on three core operational strategies for preventing and controlling crime: random preventive patrol, rapid response to calls-for-service from citizens, and retrospective investigation of criminal offenses

      What are some examples of crime prevention programs?

      Many municipalities focus on neighborhood watch programs, citizen police academies, and similar community-based programs:

      •senior citizen police academies

      •youth police academies

      •Coffee with a Cop

      •National Night Out

      •prescription drug drop-off locations

      •home and business security surveys

      •vacation property checks

      The first step in crime prevention is to realize that in order to prevent crime or becoming a crime victim, we must accept that crime prevention is a

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