Crime prevention

explain why crimes occur in some places and not in others. For example, the routine activity theory explains that “crime occurs when a motivated offender, a suitable target and the lack of capable guardian coverage in the same place at the same time”. (National Institute of Justice, 2013). Meaning that criminals choose to find their targets within context of their routine activities. The broken windows theory suggest that when maintaining and monitoring urban environment may prevent small…

Crime prevention at one time or another has been an issue for any major city and or rural area around the nation. There have been programs in the country to bring together policy leaders, citizens, communities and the police to deter crime. What is unique about crime is that it is always changing from generations to the safest area. I recall in Jacksonville FL in the early 90’s that the majority of violent crimes normally took place on the Northside followed by the Westside of town. Since…

Recently I was watching Beyond Scared Straight, a show that broadcasts a juvenile crime prevention program that takes place in prisons around the U.S. In this episode a 17-year-old boy, Jerahn, was facing up to 35 years in jail for credit card fraud. Many would agree and say yes that this boy being nearly an adult should be mindful of his own actions and deserves his sentence. While others,like myself, believe that he should receive a less severe punishment and not be tried as an adult. Each…

begin with, what is my definition crime prevention? Well, the prefix of pre means before, prior or in advance so that automatically means stopping something before it happens. When it comes to trying to prevent crime, we as people in the Criminal Justice field have to put laws, programs and practices in order to stop a crime before it happens. Also, one might say that it isn’t all on the police officers or Criminal Justice professionals. The main part of preventing crime is that people in the…

Environmental Crime Prevention Situational and environmental crime prevention techniques have emerged to supplement police work. Crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) is a form of problem-oriented policing wherein “target hardening” among other approaches are used to eliminate the opportunity for crime. However, one of the side effects of CPTED is displacement where crime is not reduced, but instead migrates from the problem area to another. Situational and environmental crime…

Crime prevention is nothing new to the United States, in fact, crime prevention has been around since the beginning of law enforcement. It has evolved over the decades as the times have changed and the different types of crimes have emerged. From the humblest of beginnings where people would govern one another, to the development of the “watchmen” which consisted of a constable and volunteer citizens. This system served as a warning system and a crime control device (Potter, 2013) similar to…

deterring crime. The program is a crime stoppers program where people are able to call in and give anonymous tips, if an arrest or seizure is made, then these people are able to collect a reward for their tip. Overall, it is a great program, great enough for the city police and the school district police to each have one that is independent from one another, yet work together hand in hand. After hearing what my interviewee had to say about the program, I would have to say that…

ARTIFACT 1 Ineffective Punishment Crime prevention is equally, if not more important the punishing those who commit the crimes. In a world where our constant need for growth is met with smarter and more dangerous criminals, we need to take more drastic steps to protect the innocent citizens of this country. Even if the means to do so, may seem extreme. Going to prison is thought to deter criminals from committing any crimes. However in a circumstance that this form of punishment does not…

resources to be everywhere to combat crime so they need the corporation of the community to become more involved to find a solution to the problem. Therefore, the philosophy of community policing is associated with community involvement, enforcement, prevention and community enhancement. With this in mind, community policing focuses on crime prevention and problem solving by encouraging good relationships between officers and their community to get to the root of crime instead of treating the…

example of situational crime prevention is a few years ago a department store in Coffs Harbour was a victim to numerous stealing’s of lip glosses by young girls. The lip glosses were in an area at the back of the store that was out of the way. The shop decided to put these lip glosses at the front of the shop next to the check outs where staff and other shoppers frequent. This crime prevention measure stopped the stealing of lip glosses. Other ways shops deal with crime prevention is by…