They also said they generally felt more secure on campus as a result of crime-prevention programs.

She pursued a variety of proposals to crack down on gangs and tried to involve public and private organizations in crime-prevention programs.

Much of the next step, which the city hopes to point to as a model, will include new crime-prevention programs.

Cities were already looking forward to the crime-prevention programs established by the crime bill, but Clinton aides suggested that some could be sacrificed.

Under the earlier version of the bill, Connecticut would have received about $53 million for crime-prevention programs.

The Mayor announced a $1.8 billion crime-prevention program that would hire thousands more police officers.

It is not an education program on our part; it's a crime-prevention program.

That bill directs more money into crime-prevention programs, drug treatment and job creation.

But even if spending is authorized for crime-prevention programs, little will be focused on Tamika and others like her.

The 19th Precinct has added extra police officers on the beat and new crime-prevention programs to battle theft, but with mixed success.