crime prevention strategies Flashcards
Clarke: situation crime prevention
pre-emptive approach that relie on simply reducing opportunities for crime
Give examples of target hardening
- greater police use
- CCTV, facial recognition
- receipt barriers
- public order officers
- increased lightning
Felson Case study: The port Authority Bus Terminal in New York
The Terminal was poorly designed and provided an opportunity for crime such as luggage theft, rough sleeping, drug dealing and homosexual liasions so they designed the area to prevent crime
what changes did the port authority bus terminal make to reduce crime?
- changed lighting to reduce drug usage as you cannot see your veins
- made hand basins smaller so they can’t be slept in
- increased police
AO3: displacement
situation crime prevention doesn’t reudce crime, it just displaces it
spatial displacement
moving elsewhere to commit crime
temporal displacement
committing it at a different time
target displacement
choosing a different victim
tactical displacement
using a different method
functional displacement
committing a different type of crime
AO2: suicide rates in 1960s
In the early 1960s half of all suicide rates were a result of gassing. Throughout the 1960s coal gas was gradually replaced by less toxic natural gas and by 1997 suicide from gassing had fallen to zero, aswell as the overall suicide rate declining. this shows no displacement.
Wilson&Kelling: broken window thesis
they argue that “leaving a window broken” sends out the signal that no one cares and will eventually lead to the neighbourhood tipping into a spiral of crime and magent for deviants
Zero tolerance policy
- any “broken window” must be repaired immediately
- police must proactively tackle even the slighest sign of deviance
AO2: example of zero tolerance policy
2024 summer, kier starmers crackdown on rioting
clean car program in new york
cars were taken out of service on the subway immediately if they had graffitti on them
