Chapter 11

Question 1

Stockholm Prize in Criminology promotes:

Answer 1

improved knowledge of causes of crime, more effective and humane policies, greater knowledge of alternative crime prevention strategies, helping victims, better reduce global prob of illegal/abusive administration of justice

Question 2

gov formulated directives made on behalf of the public good to solve a prob or achieve an end

Answer 2

public policy

Question 3

5 stages of policy development

Answer 3

identify prob, prioritizing, policy formation, program implementation, program evaluation and reassessment

Question 4

in agenda setting, responses come from:

Answer 4

• gov bureaucracy
• media
• political

Question 5

in implementation, procedures include:

Answer 5

laws/regulations, enforcement

Question 6

crime as individual responsibility:

Answer 6

social responsibility (reactive)

Question 7

crime as function of poor social structures:

Answer 7

social (proactive)

Question 8

3 types of crime prevention strategies

Answer 8

nurturant, protection/avoidance, deterrence

Question 9

what is nurturant strategy?

Answer 9

forestall development of criminality by improving early life experiences

Question 10

what is protection/avoidance strategy?

Answer 10

reduce criminal opportunity thru incapacitation, ^ guardianship, changing routine activities

Question 11

what is deterrence strategy?

Answer 11

^ perceived certainty, severity, celerity of penalties

Question 12

fed crime prevention initiative designed create safer communities by supporting community-based crime prevention efforts, ^ community knowledge/experience with crime prevention, foster partnerships/collaboration

Answer 12

NCPS

Question 13

risk factors for engaging in crime:

Answer 13

individual related factors, family related factors, peer related factors, school related factors, community related factors

Question 14

what is CPTED?

Answer 14

crime prevention thru enviro design; strategy based on premise that proper design and effective use of built enviro can lead to reduction in incidence and fear of crime (defensible space)

Question 15

alternative to target hardening

Answer 15

natural surveillance and natural access control, territorial reinvorcement

Question 16

canadian legislation that introduces changes to criminal code of canada, including ^ penalties for sex offences against children and drug offences, denial of release for violent and repeat young offenders, adult sentences for youth convicted of most serious crimes, reduction of judicial discretion in sentencing for crimes involving serious personal injury (max prison term of 14 yrs+)

Answer 16

safe streets and communities act (Bill C10)

Question 17

4 effective approaches:

Answer 17

family based prevention, community based prevention, school based prevention, place focused prevention

Question 18

CAN-SEBP 3 goals:

Answer 18

1) ^ use of best available research evidence to solve policing probs 2) production of new research evidence by police practitioners and researchers 3) communication of research evidence to police practitioners and the public