Targeted Crime Prevention Week1

Question 1

What is Crime Prevention?

Answer 1

- Crime prevention is the attempt to reduce and deter crime and criminal behaviour in partnership with the community. Crime prevention is fundamental to the mission and
function of the NSW Police Force. Crime prevention requires understanding and a response to both the cause and the crime.

Question 2

Crime prevention is achieved when:

Answer 2

• Police respond to a crime issue before it becomes a significant crime problem and reduce the need to repeatedly respond to similar incidents.
• Police and communities work together with other partners to understand the problem and
implement local solutions.
• Intervention occurs which prevents or reduces crime.

Question 3

Types of Crime Prevention:

Answer 3

Situational Crime Prevention = Reducing opportunity for crime to occur. (E.g Target hardening; CCTV, Lighting, Security guards, educating community to participate in crime prevention).

Social Crime Prevention = Youth Diversion Programs (PCYC), supporting at risk communities, family intervention programs.

Question 4

Crime Prevention partners:

Answer 4

• NSW department of Justice (Corrections/parole).
• Local Government.
• Community safety committees.
• Local Liquor accords.
• NRMA.
• Diversion Programs (Youth on Track, Life on Track, Magistrates Early Referral Into Treatment (MERIT), Forum and Circle Sentencing, Your Choice (alcohol), Think U Know (Cyber safety).

Question 5

Problem Solving for Crime Prevention Model (S.A.R.A):

Answer 5

S = Scan (Conduct research, Identify reoccurring problem in community E.g Stolen cars).
A = Analyse (Identify what is causing the problem, obtain data E.g Repeat offender).
R = Respond (Look for new ways to respond to problem, look at existing solutions, make plan and action it E.g Strike force).
A = Assess (Evaluate plan, monitor progress, re-assess to ensure effectiveness E.g The cars still getting stolen?).

Question 6

Crime Prevention initiatives:

Answer 6

• Coffee with a cop (Education, community trust).
• Police and community engagement days (Education, community trust).
• DV posters, tv ads, etc (Education, promotes crime reporting).
• Neighbourhood watch (Education, community engagement in crime prevention).

Question 7

Two common types of evaluation in crime prevention:

Answer 7

Process Evaluation- Aims to improve understanding of the activities that are delivered as part of a program and assess whether they have been implemented as planned.

Outcome evaluation- Is more concerned with the overall effectiveness of the program.