NCJ Number
65807
Date Published
1977
Length
115 pages
Annotation
A UNITED NATIONS SEMINAR ON CRIME PREVENTION PLANNING IS PRESENTED, COVERING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CRIME, PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES OF PLANNING CRIME CONTROL, PLANNING A CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, AND RESEARCH.
Abstract
INCREASES IN CRIME WORLDWIDE REQUIRE A REEXAMINATION OF POLICIES AGAINST CRIME; INADEQUACIES ARE CITED CONTRIBUTING TO CRIME, SUCH AS CUMBERSOME CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCEDURES, OVERBURDENED COURTS AND PRISONS, OUTMODED LAWS, AND PUBLIC MISTRUST OF JUDICIAL AGENTS. CRIME POLICIES SHOULD RESPOND TO CONTEMPORARY NEEDS; DEPRISONALIZATION AND DECRIMINALIZATION WHERE POSSIBLE ARE DEEMED POSITIVE GOALS. PLANNING PARTICULARS ARE DISCUSSED FOR LEGAL REFORM LAW ENFORCEMENT, JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION, CORRECTIONS, AND SUCH CRIME PREVENTION AS PUBLIC HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND SOCIAL WELFARE. QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES ARE EMPHASIZED IN CRIME PREVENTION PLANNING, INCLUDING COLLECTING DATA TO MEASURE THE NATURE, EXTENT, AND TRENDS OF CRIME; AND COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS. MOREOVER, EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DECISIONMAKERS AND RESEARCHERS, AND THE VALUE OF PLANNERS BEING SENSITIVE TO CRIME PREVENTION NEEDS. OTHER TOPICS DISCUSSED INCLUDE ENLISTING COMMUNITY SUPPORT IN CRIME PREVENTION PLANNING AND PROMOTING CRIME PREVENTION PLANNING IN THE CONTEXT OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. RECOMMENDATIONS ARE OFFERED FOR A MORE BALANCED APPROACH TO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN RELATION TO INCREASES IN CRIME, SECTORAL PLANNING, CROSS-SECTORAL PLANNING, METHODS AND TECHNIQUES, ORGANIZATION AND IMPLEMENTATION, CRIMINAL POLICY RESEARCH AND EVALUATION, AND THE USE OF RESEARCH RESULTS IN POLICY FORMULATION AND PLANNING. AN APPENDIX LISTING PARTICIPANTS IS ATTACHED. (PAP)