CRIME PREVENTION

Question 1

SITUATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION

Answer 1

preventative approach that aims to make it HARDER to commit crime in the first place by designing out crime

strategy-
target hardening through bars and bolts on windows, alarm systems, anti-homeless / hostile architecture

EVALUATION:
- displacement theory: doesn’t reduce crime but moves it to a different area.
- doesn’t deal with corporate or white collar crime.
- unfairly targets the working class who can’t afford the target gardening systems.

Question 2

ENVIRONEMENTAL CRIME PREVENTION

Answer 2

improving the local area and
dealing with LOW LEVEL criminal activity such as VANDALISM, graffiti
and loitering

strategy-
ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY:
proactively tackle even the slightest sign of disorder, even if it not criminal

eg Broken window policy (must be repaired immediately)

EVALUATION:
- deals with the symptom not the cause .

• targets working class people and street crime rather than ,corporate
  or white collar crime.
• displacement theory.

Question 3

SOCIAL and COMMUNITY CRIME PREVENTION

Answer 3

Left realist approach which
suggests that be dealing with the social inequalities that lead to crime then it will reduce the crime rate. They believe that it is social inequality that is the biggest cause of crime.

strategy- PERRY PRE-SCHOOL PROJECT

EVALUATION:
- assumes a value consensus within a community and ignores issues such as relative derivation and institutional racism which can limit the effectiveness of community and social policies.

• doesn’t deal with corporate or white collar crime.