Crime Prevention/control

Question 1

Situational crime prevention

Answer 1

• managing or altering immediate environment
• increasing effort and risks of committing crime and reducing reward
• target hardening increased surveillance
• rational choice theory
  Ao3- displacement of crime

Question 2

Environmental crime prevention

Answer 2

• broken windows - absence of control leads to crime
• repair any sign of disorder
  Ao3- ignores root causes of crime

Question 4

Social and community crime prevention

Answer 4

• remove conditions that predispose offenders to crime
• tackle root causes
  Ao3- expensive and take long