With regards to upholding social order, the city of Walshville has a Police Service Board just like any other city. This board …show more content…
DA 19, however despite it has a lower than average youth and senior population, it exceeds the average percentage of Aboriginal identity, lone parents, individuals who are 25-64 years old without a degree, and low-income families. In DA 15, although there is a high percentage of seniors, the medium income and education level is lower than average in this area. In contrast, DA 31 and 32 is considered to be the area with the least number of calls due to having a smaller population. Lastly, DA 20 is considered to be one of the better neighborhoods in zone 7 as it consists of a lower than an average number of individuals aged 10 -19, seniors with moderate income and education levels, and a youth group home. To a large extent then, it is visible then that the demographic variables within the DA’s in zone 7 help to explain which areas are more prone to criminal behavior or …show more content…
One will first analyze the primary crime prevention. The city of Walshville lacks social crime prevention strategies especially in zone 17. According to the report it was observed that more crimes were committed in DA 17. This can then explain how the lack of education can result in no employment, which can lead one to poverty. Bureau of Justice Assistance (1994) found that the lack of education an individual has can initiate human violence . Furthermore, there is also a lack of proper environmental design presented preferably in zone 7. It been reported that Bill Ave. consist of a lot of low rent apartment tower complexes as well as row town houses). McKay (2007) found that criminal activity is more likely to be committed in low rises as oppose to high rises as it is believed that it is must more difficult for someone to commit a crime such as B&E 's in these buildings. According to the selected crime indicator, there was about 139 break and enters equally divided between DA 15, 17,19 and 11. We will now look into the secondary prevention model. The Walshville report disclosed that disputes including domestic, family and neighborhoods are the leading cause of crime with 493 reports only in DA 17 for 2010. The reason why there may be an increase of such behavior is because of the lack of publically funded resources provided, this