Crime prevention

Question 1

Social and community prevention

Answer 1

Farrington
focus on individual offenders and social context which encourages them to commit

intervention: identifying groups and risk of committing crime and limiting
community: involving locals in combat

e.g hoodies

Question 2

Environmental crime prevention

Answer 2

Wilson and Kelling 1982

• formal/informal social control measures
• prevent areas from detonating

formal measures–> police
more situational–> based on BWT

e.g clean graffiti, smoking, litter/gum bins

Question 3

Situational crime prevention

Answer 3

Ron Clarke 1992
not improving society but simply reducing opportunities

based on RCT

1. reduce opps, make more difficult
2. cost outweigh benefits
3. reduce rewards
4. target hardening victims make it harder, stop RCT)

Question 4

Ways we can prevent crime

Answer 4

social, environmental and design

• neighbourhood watch
• youth clubs, eg boxing
• anti-climb paint
• support for youth
• retribution

Question 5

Design out crime

Answer 5

Newman 1972
designing buildings, street and areas Mae it more difficult/tougher to commit

e.g buzzing into block of flats, open design, high intensity

Question 6

AO3

Answer 6

functionalist- socialisation, crime cannot be prevented
Marx- only focuses on street, not corporate
exprensive- redesign
doesn’t tackle deprivation
displacement