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The United Nation's participation in the field of criminal justice and crime prevention can be traced back to its predecessor, the League of Nations.However, this participation was limited to a Child Welfare Bureau that focused mainly on the issue of juvenile delinquency, and which worked closely with the International Penal and Penitentiary Commission (IPPC).
Initially called the United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, the current name was adopted in 2005. [1] The antecedents of the Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice include the First International Congress on the Prevention and Repression of Crime, held at London in 1872. [3]
1st week of March: Save Your Vision Week; 3rd week of March: National Poison Prevention Week; last week of April: National Volunteer Week; varies in April: Crime Victims' Rights Week; varies in April: National Park Week [23] first week of May: Public Service Recognition Week [24] third week of May: World Trade Week [25]
True crime cases dominated the news in 2024, including high-profile murder trials. Defendants like Murdaugh, Syed and Allen gave Americans a better look at the justice system.
In April 2022, the National Crime Prevention Council announced a partnership with McGruff the Crime Dog in creating Fentanyl Prevention Awareness Day scheduled for August 21, 2022. [34] In October of the same year, the organization launched livesproject.org, a digital remembrance quilt to honor victims and to raise awareness of the problem.
Safe Travels. Beautiful locales can also be home to some dangerous characters. As the summer travel season ramps up, the last thing you want is to have a trip marred by becoming a victim of crime.
The first Crime Victims Week (later renamed National Crime Victims' Rights Week) was established by Ronald Reagan in 1981 as a part of an expanding initiative to provide for victims of crimes (later manifested in Executive Order 12360, signed in 1982, which established the President's Task Force on Victims of Crime).