why crime prevention may not work

Question 1

point 1

Answer 1

problem with situational crime prevention techniques such as burglar alarms is they may fail to increase the risk of getting caught in the subjective opinion of the criminal

• some alarms tend to be fake
• police take a while to arrive

better alternative is security guards

-more expensive however

Apply felsons ‘routine activity theory’, criminals size up their targets and will choose less protected areas

Question 2

point 2

Answer 2

not all crime is a rational decision, some crimes are done on the ‘spur of a moment’

situational crime prevention didnt work on the london riots

many rioters engaged in order to just join in