Situating Crime Prevention: Models, Methods and Political Perspectives (From Politics and Practice of Situational Crime Prevention, P 97-113, 1996, Ross Homel, ed. -- See NCJ-167524)

• NCJ Number: 167529
• Author(s): R White
• Date Published: 1996
• Length: 17 pages
• Sale Source: Criminal Justice Press/Willow Tree Press
• Publication Type: Legislation/Policy Analysis
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Crime Prevention Studies, Volume 5

Annotation

This paper comments on the politics surrounding different crime prevention models and methods and argues that conflating particular models with particular methods can unnecessarily undermine certain approaches as appropriate crime prevention strategies.

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to explore different crime prevention models and highlight associated theoretical and political issues in these models. Three abstract crime prevention models are described--conservative, liberal, and radical. The conservative model is based on crime control and opportunity reduction, the liberal model is based on social problems and opportunity enhancement, and the radical model is based on social justice and political struggle. The discussion focuses on how diverse methods can be separated from these models and understood and used in broader political contexts. The author emphasizes crime prevention measures should have consequences that are oriented normatively to create a better society and should be based on the realization that different perspectives can actually reinforce each other at a practical level. 10 references and 1 figure