NCJ Number
95842
Journal
Police Journal Volume: 57 Issue: 4 Dated: (October-December 1984) Pages: 373-381
Date Published
1984
Length
9 pages
Annotation
Different implications for police-community relations emerge from three crime prevention models: the social service model, the security model, and social service model, the security model, and the Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) model.
Abstract
The models all focus on the role of the community and view crime prevention activities as cooperative enterprises which join neighborhood organizations' informal social controls with the formal social controls of police. The social service model assumes that the community can aid in assuring an adequate social service system for its members. The security model proposes mobilizing the community to increase the effectiveness of individual security. While the previous model focused on service delivery, this model is focused on security deterrence. The CPTED model rests on the recognition that the physical environment can be a crucial factor in explaining the nature and rate of crime in a community. In addition, crime analysis and the examination of crime trends provides an information base used to develop crime prevention strategies. Each model involves different kinds of police-community relations. Law enforcement officials need to consider two issues: short-term versus long-term effects and the provision of proper education to the police and the community if the CPTED model is used. Thirteen references are listed.