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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif""> Situational crime prevention represents a new strategy in which the core concept deals with working with crime through an understanding of the surrounding details rather than focusing on the crime itself or the perpetrator, which is attractive for policy makers as it can lead to tangible results easily studied (Gordon, 1998). Situational prevention is gaining recognition, and is already playing a part in Great Britain’s and the Netherlands’ government crime policy (Clarke, 1997). Examples of policy implications include the 1975 Scottish Council on Crime which proposed that plastic mugs should be used in pubs to prevent their use as weapons (Clarke, 1997); DiLonardo (1996) demonstrates that electronic merchandise tags on clothing leads to significant declines in shoplifting (35-75%) in American stores; Bell and Burke (1989) concluded that the renting of a parking lot staffed with security and public bathrooms in downtown Arlington, Texas, on Fridays and Saturdays relieved severe congestion in the neighborhoods and associated crime problems (including litter, under-age drinking, vandalism, etc). Grateful of the results, the contract was renewed after the trial period by the city council. As shown, situational preventive measures have “demonstrated their effectiveness in some contexts and warrant further development and experimentation” (Clarke, 1983, p227). </p> |
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif""> Situational crime prevention represents a new strategy in which the core concept deals with working with crime through an understanding of the surrounding details rather than focusing on the crime itself or the perpetrator, which is attractive for policy makers as it can lead to tangible results easily studied (Gordon, 1998). Situational prevention is gaining recognition, and is already playing a part in Great Britain’s and the Netherlands’ government crime policy (Clarke, 1997). Examples of policy implications include the 1975 Scottish Council on Crime which proposed that plastic mugs should be used in pubs to prevent their use as weapons (Clarke, 1997); DiLonardo (1996) demonstrates that electronic merchandise tags on clothing leads to significant declines in shoplifting (35-75%) in American stores; Bell and Burke (1989) concluded that the renting of a parking lot staffed with security and public bathrooms in downtown Arlington, Texas, on Fridays and Saturdays relieved severe congestion in the neighborhoods and associated crime problems (including litter, under-age drinking, vandalism, etc). Grateful of the results, the contract was renewed after the trial period by the city council. As shown, situational preventive measures have “demonstrated their effectiveness in some contexts and warrant further development and experimentation” (Clarke, 1983, p227). </p> |
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== References == |
== References == |