SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Natural Surveillance, Wrought Iron, Juvenile Court
5 Dec 2015
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O primary: programs identify opportunities for criminal offenses and alter conditions to reduce likelihood of crime being committed. Prevention through environmental design (cpted), closed circuit television (cctv: secondary: programs focus on areas that produce crime and disorder. Cpted: proper design and effective use of environment can reduce crime and fear of crime. 4 basic concepts: natural surveillance, natural access control, territoriality, maintenance. Natural access control: idea is to decrease opportunity for crime by deciding who gets in and who stays out. Natural forms include fences, low walls, landscaping, gates, and sales counters. Particularly effective when combined with natural surveillance; complemented by mechanical forms of access control such as locks, alarms, security, police patrols. Broken windows: crime and disorder are inextricably linked. Evidence: abandoned" vehicle vandalized within 10 minutes (bronx) after smashing (palo alto) Stop: strategic target offender program: divisional youth officers in each division, information received from beat officers, heat (high enforcement action team) officers,
