¶ … crime has been taking place. Although the forms of crime have evolved, so too has the strategies used to prevent crime. This essay will compare and contrast three of most common Crime Prevention strategies, which are, environmental design, social intervention and situational intervention. Crime prevention generally refers to preventing crime and anti-social behavior before it occurs. Crime Prevention Victoria, defines crime prevention as "any public or privately based initiative or policy aimed at reducing or eliminating criminal behavior, violence and fear of crime or violence in the community" (Armstrong, 2002). This essay aims to demonstrate not only the strengths and weaknesses of these three strategies but also to identify the individual crime causation theory that each strategy is based around. These being
One of the main crime prevention strategies used around the world is environmental design. This strategy is based on the relationship that is created between people and the environment around them. Crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) is defined as a multi-disciplinary approach to deterring criminal behavior through environmental design (Wayne,2007). Environmental designs have formed an integral part of many crime prevention initiatives in countries around the world. The term environment includes the people and their physical social surroundings (Crowe,2000). When examining environmental designs, criminal trends are often easy to identify,...
Therefore using environmental design to reduce the amount of crime located around ATMs would be to position ATMs in an area with the most traffic and visibility.
CPTED is formed around the concept that particular designs within a built environment can make a large impact on crime within that area "by reducing the opportunities for crime and improving the opportunities for policing" (Landman,2008). Some of the main principles associated with environmental design theory are "surveillance and visibility, territoriality and defensible space, access and escape routes, image and aesthetics and target-hardening" (Landman,2008). Oscar Newman's theory of defensible spaces is based around the concept of territoriality, which he defines as 'the capacity of the physical environment to create perceived zones of territorial influences' (Landman,2008). Although an outdated source the underlying principles are still used around the world for crime prevention.
By making it harder for people to gain access to certain areas, it limits their opportunities to commit crime. However it is also argued, that by employing target hardening tactics, it can result in the negative effects by blocking viewing access into an area therefore removing all surveillance and…
