SOC316H5 Lecture 1: Lecture 1.docx
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Lecture 1 soc 316: definition of crime prevention, who is responsible for crime prevention, what fuels crime prevention. The anticipation, recognition, and appraisal of a crime risk and the initiation of action to remove or reduce it. Who is responsible for crime prevention: all citizens. The police or security organizations are a central component, but crime prevention is accomplished and encouraged among all citizens and groups in society (i. e. , families, schools, communities, the labour market, in addition to the criminal justice system. Crime prevention: central tenet: public safety is not the exclusive domain of the criminal justice system. It involves the proactive participation of individual citizens, communities local agencies, etc. , in partnership with the police and other government agencies.
