Crime Prevention and Control

Question 1

Situational crime prevention

Answer 1

(Right Realist) Target hardening, such as locking doors. Related to rational choice theory. Evidence to support includes plastic cups being used in pubs

Question 2

Situational crime prevention evaluation

Answer 2

This just leads to displacement

Question 3

Environmental crime prevention

Answer 3

(Right Realist) Wilson and Kellings article on broken windows theory, absence of control leads to crime. A broader zero tolerance policing approach

Question 4

Environmental crime prevention evaluation

Answer 4

There was a decline in crime in major US cities where police did not use ZTP

Question 5

Social and community crime prevention

Answer 5

(Left Realist) Argues that the social context of offenders are long term, poverty, poor housing, unemployment. Policing these would decrease crime

Question 6

Social and community crime prevention

Answer 6

The implementation of this would be expensive and take a long time to see the effects