ADJUS-120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Preschool

• School: Diablo Valley College
• Department: Administration Of Justice
• Course: ADJUS-120
• Professor: sinsel

Document Summary

Situational crime prevention: offers a (relatively) quick response to crime problems, emphasis is on the situation, not offenders, clarke (1997, p. 4) states that situational prevention: Later expanded to 25 techniques: examples of increasing the risk: security guards, cctv, alarms. Increase natural surveillance: underpinned by action research: improve lighting so passers-by can see what is happening, remove obstacles that block passers-by view, encourage people to the place. Displacement shifting of crime to another target, time of place. Diffusion of benefits benefits of the intervention spread to other crimes, places, potential targets or times: situational crime prevention strategies have been successful in reducing repeat victimisation. A small number of victims are disproportionately the victim of crime on multiple occasions. Criminal justice prevention: prevention through police, courts and prisons, principally impact upon crime through, deterrence (fear of punishment, rehabilitation (treat offenders criminogenic needs)