crime prevention and control intro Flashcards
what is situational crime prevention
-preventative approach focusing on the methods to reduce the opportunities for crime and increase the risk of being caught(right realist)
what is environmental crime prevention
-crime prevention through environmental design ensuring the environemnt doesnt encouragr crime (right realist)
what is social and community crime prevention
(the emphasis is on the potential offender and their social context- aims to change the wider conditons that cause crime(left realist)
what are the aims of left realists w examples?
-reduce the conditions that may lead criminals to commit crime in the first place e.g poverty, social exclusion
what may left realists do to prevent crimes
-address unemployment, poverty and poor housing
-schemes that divert young people from crime e.g youth clubs and activities
right realists aims
-rational choice theory
-focus on the individuals comitting the crime rather than social issues
-focus on reducing opporotunties for the crime making the risks outweigh benefits
right realists examples of preventing crime
-greater surveillance
-more police on streets
-zero tolerance policy
-harsher sentences
