History
The Hispanic Crime Prevention Program (HCPP) is
an initiative coordinated through the Center for
the Administration of Justice (CAJ), a unit of
the college of Health and Urban Affairs (CHUA)
at Florida International University (FIU). CAJ
was founded in 1984 to engage in research,
training and public education on the
administration of justice. HCPP began in 1995 as
an initiative of the Florida's Attorney General,
to improve crime prevention among Hispanics in
the State. In its initial year, efforts were
concentrated on research and conducting focus
groups. Information gathered from these efforts
demonstrated that Florida's Hispanics had unique
attitudes and views regarding law enforcement
and crime prevention. Their behavior and lack of
participation in crime prevention programs was
often shaped by their experience with their
native countries abusive and unfair legal
systems.
Throughout the years, HCPP has focused on critical issues
affecting the Hispanic communities,
specifically, youths at risk and domestic
violence. The Program has hosted forums and
organized conferences covering youth gangs and
domestic violence issues as they affect the
Hispanic community.
Today, HCPP continues to evaluate current crime prevention
programs, and introduce new methods for engaging
Hispanics in targeted communities throughout
South and Central Florida. HCPP has developed a
multifaceted community outreach campaign, which
includes a series of bilingual publications,
workshops, radio and television programs and
Public Service Announcements (PSAs). As the
program evolves the Program continues to be
dedicated to reducing the incidence of crime in
the Hispanic community through the use of
targeted and topic specific messages
disseminated through mainstream Spanish media
outlets.
Mission
The Mission of the program is to inform and orient Florida's
Hispanics
about the judicial system, law enforcement and
victim services available in Central and
South Florida. HCPP aims to eliminate
misconceptions that create friction between
Hispanics and the various crime protection
organizations.
With a comprehensive bilingual and bicultural communications
outreach campaign, The Program's goal is to
increase the Hispanic Communities' understanding
and usage of existing services provided by both
private and public organizations.
HCPP aims to
empower Hispanics to improve their quality of
life.
Community Outreach
Annual Domestic Violence Conference.
Participation in State and National Conferences.
Offices of National Drug Control Policy.
Trapped by Poverty/Trapped by Abuse Research
Conference.
International Conference on Family Violence.
Workshops and Forums.
Secure our Street; Safety Tools Workshops.
Violence in Schools; Juvenile Crime Prevention.
Profiles of Drug Uses and Delinquency.
Family Factors and Immigrant Hispanic
Adolescents.
Safety and Security.
Know your rights.
Immigration; Domestic Violence Issues.
Protect your Children; Internet Crimes.
Spanish Language educational materials and video
library.
Social Marketing
Television
Spanish language half-hour television programs.
Public Service Announcements (PSAs).
Profiles of Drug Uses and Delinquency.
Radio
Spanish half-hour programs.
Public Service Announcements.
Newspapers and Magazines
Articles of general interest
Bilingual website
http://caj.fiu.edu/hcpp
Our Partners
State Attorney's Office, Florida 9th and 11th
Judicial Circuits
Public
Defender's Office, Florida 11th Judicial Circuit
Miami-Dade
County School Board
Miami-Dade and
Orange Counties Police Departments
Citizens Crime
Watch
Latino Alliance
Against Family Violence
The Victim
Service Center
Drug Treatment
Center
Ana Carazo
Deputy Director CAJ
Center for the Administration of Justice University Park Campus MARC 330 11200 SW 8th Street Miami, FL 33199