Police Foundations LAW250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Closed-Circuit Television, Community Policing, Crime Prevention
9 Jun 2018
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POLICE FOUNDATIONS-LAW250
LECTURE 6
Crime Prevention and Community Policing
Responding to and preventing crime within a community-policing framework:
Crime prevention through social development (CPSD)
• Attempts to eliminate some of the underlying factors that contribute to crime
• Approached include initiatives to reduce poverty and increase the availability of proper
housing, employment opportunities, and adequate recreational facilities
Broken window approach:
• A metaphor for neighborhood deterioration
• At times, if a window is broke in a building and not repaired, in very short order all the
window would be broken
• It appears that no one cares enough about the quality of life in the neighborhood to bother
fixing the little things that are wrong
• Triggers further neglect and results in the progressive deterioration of the entire
neighborhood
High technology in crime prevention: closed circuit television (CCTV) system
• traditionally deployed in stores and banks
• New street-focused systems target property crimes and violent offences
• Research suggests they may be effective in reducing some types of criminal behavior
• Concerns: does the invasion of citizen’s privacy outweigh crime prevention benefits?
The effectiveness of crime prevention programs:
Assessment is difficult as:
• Research studies vary in their methodologies
• In the types of date gathered and
• In the outcomes measured
• Implementation is influenced by
- The priorities and resources of the police service
- The enthusiasm and commitment of the police officers and community residents
involved and
- The specific attributes of the community itself
Other Assessment issues include:
• Most of the research studies have been done in the US not Canada
• The slippery issue of crime displacement, the possibility that offenders and their activities
have relocated
Crime prevention in aboriginal communities:
1. Programs that are part of an overall crime prevention strategy developed by senior police
administrators and implemented in both aboriginal and no original communities
2. Programs developed by police officers at the local community level in collaboration with
chiefs, band councils, and community residents, the most effective
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Document Summary
Responding to and preventing crime within a community-policing framework: Crime prevention through social development (cpsd: attempts to eliminate some of the underlying factors that contribute to crime, approached include initiatives to reduce poverty and increase the availability of proper housing, employment opportunities, and adequate recreational facilities. Broken window approach: a metaphor for neighborhood deterioration, at times, if a window is broke in a building and not repaired, in very short order all the window would be broken. It appears that no one cares enough about the quality of life in the neighborhood to bother fixing the little things that are wrong: triggers further neglect and results in the progressive deterioration of the entire neighborhood. Assessment is difficult as: research studies vary in their methodologies. The priorities and resources of the police service. The enthusiasm and commitment of the police officers and community residents involved and. The specific attributes of the community itself.
