SOCI 2450 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Crime Prevention, Program Evaluation

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 2450
• Professor: Darryl Davies

Document Summary

Public policy government formulated directives made on behalf of the public good to solve a problem or achieve an end. Policies undergo 5 stages in their development: identification of the problem, agenda setting or the prioritization of the problems, policy formation, program implementation and, program evaluation and reassessment. Governments seek to promote policies that contribute to the common good without resulting in political disruption. Crime is either an issue of individual responsibility or criminal behavior results from poor social conditions and dysfunctional social structures. Crime prevention strategies that attempt to resolve the root causes of crime are more effective in the long run. Addressing these take a proactive rather than reactive approach to crime. Conservative government is proposing legislation that closer to the get tough approach . The tackling violent crime act of 2008 increased mandatory minimum sentences for certain crimes.