Crime Prevention, Disorder & Victimisation: Some Recent Western Experiences

• NCJ Number: 169729
• Author(s): R Matthews
• Date Published: 1994
• Length: 31 pages
• Sale Source: University of Leicester
• Publication Type: Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United Kingdom
• Note: Crime, Order and Policing Occasional Paper No. 3

Annotation

This document examines crime control policies in some Western countries and recent shifts in the direction of crime control policies.

Abstract

Development of crime prevention strategies and control of public order have both suffered from crude and heavy-handed approaches that have either been of limited effectiveness or made the problem worse. In addition, the development of more viable strategies has been dependent upon developing a better relationship between the public and criminal justice agencies and simultaneously taking more seriously the concerns of the public. However, there have been some shifts in the direction of crime control policies which have shown some promise: (1) a growing recognition of the limitations of purely offender-focused strategies; (2) development of more localized and responsive forms of policing, generally referred to as "community policing"; and (3) growing emphasis upon the role of the victim, the implementation of victimization studies, and the development of victim-focused crime prevention initiatives. Bibliography