Scholars in various disciplines are recommending comprehensive measures to solve multiple societal as well as individual problems. The philosophy of community education has been overlooked but is a workable comprehensive approach to addressing crime. As used in this book community education is a philosophy process and program comprised of three overriding and interrelated elements: community empowerment community problem-solving and the effort to involve all community members in the pursuit of lifelong learning. The Hyde Park neighborhood in St. Louis has one of the highest rates of reported drug sales and high rates of homicide robbery aggravated assault arson and burglary. The community lays claim to several crime-inducing variables including population loss a high percentage of population shift resulting in a higher percentage of black population and boarded-up housing units a high rate of unemployment a very low per capita income and a high percentage of citizens living below the poverty line and a high percentage of female-headed households. Nevertheless the people of Hyde Park are participating in a crime prevention approach that is applicable to all communities. Insights to urban life and problem solving are provided by community members covering such topics as policing and how it can be improved. These insights and others offered by the author are supported by theories and philosophies found in the literature. In the process of solving their own problems community members involve themselves in lifelong learning activities and leadership development. Written in a style that is appealing to the general public as well as academics it is of special interest to educators community leaders criminologists academics in urban affairs and sociology social workers law enforcement agents and politicians.