SOCI 2450 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Premiership Of Stephen Harper, Environmental Design, Crime Prevention
6 Nov 2016
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National crime prevention -no longer exists (harper cut this) Circles of accountability - cut by harper government. Had data that showed that it was working. Target hardening: reduce opportunities for people to commit crime. Technology - security cameras reduce likelihood of someone robbing a bank. Displacement effects. - driving people from one area to another. The best predictor of future behaviour is part behaviour. Micheal tonery and pharentin 4 crime prevention strategies: developmental prevention( developmental criminology) refers to interventions to prevent the development of criminal potential in individuals especially those targeting risk and protective factors discovered in studies. Crime prevention concerns - challenge to convince politicians of the bene ts of crime prevention. Multiple data analyses looked at physiological factors- lo pulse predicts violent behaviour. Boys being restless in school or lack of attention. Low intelligence and attainment - can be predictive at age 3 - done by iq tests.
