Prevention - State-of-the-Art and Trends (From Bestandaufnahme und Perspektiven der Verbrechensbekaempfung, P 109-126, 1982 - See NCJ-89221)

• NCJ Number: 89228
• Author(s): E Kube
• Date Published: 1982
• Length: 18 pages
• Corporate Author: Bundeskriminalamt
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: German
• Country: West Germany (Former)
• Note: Series: BKA Vortragsreihe N 27 Lecture given at Workshop of the Bundeskriminalamt in Wiesbaden on Nov. 9-12, 1982

Annotation

General trends in the society which make crime prevention difficult include the distrustful attitudes toward police among youths and even some social agencies, a general decline of normative values, and police tolerance of certain criminal behaviors associated with political demonstrations and domestic violence.

Abstract

The police crime prevention role, i.e., protecting citizens from crime, should be improved through more effective proactive strategies against organized crime forms and community involvement to discourage juvenile delinquency. Commitment to rehabilitation programing in community-based correctional settings also has a vital preventive function. To heighten the deterrent effect, police clearance rates must rise through increased citizen crime reporting and victim/witness cooperation with the police. To this end, public education campaigns in crime prevention should be pursued. Preventive outreach in the form of juvenile processing should be done with the cooperation of various social and educational agencies. Ultimately, prevention policies should encompass the breadth of the socialization process, including such areas as urban planning and free-time programing for youths. A total of 46 footnotes are given.