Week 10

Question 1

what is modern crime prevention about?

Answer 1

use of punishments
specific and general deterrence
rehabilitative treatment

Question 2

According to Cunneen, White and Richards, crime prevention refers to

Answer 2

many different types of intervention at different points in the web of the criminal justice system

Question 3

what is CPTED

and what does it cover

Answer 3

Crime Prevention Through Evironmental Design
Urban Planning
Architectural Designing

Question 4

what are the 5 strategies of situational crime prevention

Answer 4

• increase the effort
• increase the risk
• reduce the rewards
• reduce provocetions
• remove the excuses

Question 5

social prevention aims to identify and address ‘____’ and ‘______’ factors manifest in individual, family, peer, school, neighbourhood…….

Answer 5

risk

protective

Question 6

Modern crime prevention measures are designed to

Answer 6

• reduce opportunities to offend
• increase social opportunities
• facilitate social empowerment
• encourage institutional change

Question 7

What are the 3 interventional level at which initiatives can be implemented

Answer 7

• primary
• secondary
• tertiary

Question 8

what are the 3 broad models of youth crime prevention

Answer 8

• coercive
• developmental
• accomodating

Question 9

what are the 3 main types of youth institutions

Answer 9

• coercive
• developmental
• commercial

Question 10

what is a coercive institution

Answer 10

designed to enforce rules, regulations and law

• police, private security guards, transit police, ect
• stigmatic labelling
• denial of usual freedoms

Question 11

what is a developmental institution

Answer 11

• designed to enhance development, opportunity, and potential
• Robert Merton social strain or anomie theory
• flexible in meeting young people’s needs

Question 12

what is a commercial institution

Answer 12

• profit driven
• shopping centres and commercial leisure and sporting outlets
• main focus on customer needs, including those of young people

Question 13

what are the key problems of having heavy policing and youth curfews?

Answer 13

• minimal reductions of crime
• offence displacement
• denial of youth rights
• stigmatisation of young people

Question 14

Developmental Approaches
Emphasis is dealing with social problems
- ______ level
- ______ level

Answer 14

Macro

Micro

Question 15

what are the key problems with problem solving, holistic and multi-agency approach?

Answer 15

• lack of resources
• multi-agency coordination issues
• youth apathy or indifference

Question 16

what are the key problems with the accommodation approach

Answer 16

• community spaces and private interests

- commercialisation of leisure

Question 17

what is the most influential model of crime prevention in this country

Answer 17

• Pathways to Prevention: Developmental and Early Intervention Approaches to Crime in Australia (1999)

Question 18

who are 3 key authors of Pathways to Prevention

Answer 18

• David Farrington
• Terrie Moffitt
• Sheldon and Eleanor Glueck

Question 19

A successful developmental crime prevention approach will require?

Answer 19

• broad social developmental focus
• constellation of relevant programmes and activities
• local community ownership

Question 20

who is the key author for seductions of crime

Answer 20

Jack Katz