SOC316H5 Lecture Notes - Access Control, Starbucks, Barbed Wire
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Outline: cpsd wrap up, broken windows, situational crime prevention (scp), cpted, Cp is targeted at social, not just concerned with crime social still seems to relevant, element of community. Community still has an active role in identifying issues: inter-agency cooperation. Agencies could direct persons to the agency which will satisfy the persons" needs vs. not knowing other agencies and being able to provide information. Wilson and kelling theorists come up with this; broken window left unattended nobody cares about this neighborhood: these little signs add up littering, eventually invites more criminals. Picked up by police department in the 80s. Beggars, littering, graffiti, poor lighting, panhandlers, etc. People begin to withdraw, retreat; afraid of going outside b/c predators are everywhere. Small things like litter lead to increased predators and crime since no one cares about the neighborhood. Product of 70s and 80s where it begins to emerge since worried about crime in the subways.