CRM 2305 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Drug Abuse Resistance Education, Crime Prevention, Problem Solving

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 2305
• Professor: Sam Alvaro

Document Summary

Identify the objectives of primary crime prevention programs, secondary crime prevention programs, and tertiary crime prevention programs and provide examples of each. The objective of primary crime prevention programs is to alter the conditions that provide opportunities for criminal offences, like crime prevention through environmental design (ctped) or closed circuit television (cctv). The objective of secondary crime prevention programs is the focus on areas that produce crime and disorder, like community cadet corps. The objective of tertiary crime prevention programs is to prevent adults and youth from reoffending, like drug abuse resistance education (dare), or crime prevention through. Describe what is meant by crime reduction and provide an example of a crime reduction plan for one canadian municipality. Crime reduction is a holistic approach to crime that focuses on the people, places, and situations where criminal activity occurs. An example of a crime reduction plan is the comprehensive crime reduction strategy developed in bc.