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What is a Public policy? |
Government formulated directives made on behalf of the public good to solve a problem or achieve an end. |
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What is a Nurturant strategy ? |
A crime prevention strategy that attempts to forestall development of criminality by improving early life experiences and channelling child and adolescent development intot desirable directions |
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What is a Protection/avoidance strategy? |
A crime prevention strategy that attempts to reduce criminal opportunities by changing people's routine activities, increasing guardianship, or incapacitating convicted offenders. |
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What is a Deterrence strategy? |
A crime prevention strategy that attempts to diminish motivation for crime by increasing the perceived certainty, severity, or celerity of penalties. |
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National Strategy on Community Safety and Crime Prevention |
A federal crime prevention initiative designed to create safer communites by supporting community based crime prevention efforts, enhancing communities' knowledge and experience with respect to crime prevention, and fostering partnerships and collaboration |
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Crime Prevention Through Environmental Program (CPTED) |
A crime prevention strategy based on the premise that proper design and effective use of the built environment can lead to a reduction in the incidence and fear of crime |
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Safe Streets and Communities Act |
An act that introduces changes to the Criminal Code of Canada including increased penalties for sexual offences against children and for drug crimes, denial of release for violent and repeat young offenders, adult sentences for and the publication of the names of youths convicted of most serious crimes, and the reduction of judicial discretion in sentencing for crime involving serious personal injury, which carry a maximum prison term of 14 years or more. |
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Kriminalpolitik |
The political handing of crime, or a criminology-based social policy |