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Situational Crime Prevention Theory
Situational crime prevention...
- reduces the opportunities for criminals to commit crime
- changes criminals' ideas about whether they can get away with a particular crime
- makes it seem harder, riskier, and less rewarding to commit crime
WHAT IS SITUATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION?
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WHAT IT IS
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WHAT IT ISN'T
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- Making changes to buildings and streets to make them safer
- Asking the police for help
- Using common sense to stop criminals
- Using neighbors to look out for crime
- Working with people from different agencies
- EVERYBODY'S job! It takes the help of everyone to make crime prevention work
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- Buying a weapon to protect you or your business from crime
- Claiming to solve ALL of your business' problems
- About moving the crime to another place
- About spending lots of money
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