Define situational crime prevention
What will be an ideal response?
SCP is focused on the settings for crime and the prevention of crime rather than on persons committing criminal acts. It seeks to forestall the occurrence of crime rather than to detect and sanction offenders. It seeks not to eliminate criminal or delinquent tendencies through improvement of society or its institutions but merely to make criminal action less attractive to offenders.
SCP is also a targeted means of reducing crime. It provides an analytical framework for strategies to prevent crime in varying settings. It is an "environmental criminology" approach that seeks to reduce crime opportunity by making settings less conducive to unwanted or illegal activities, focusing on the environment rather than the offender. The commission of a crime requires not merely the offender, but also the opportunity for crime. It also includes such broad activities (discussed more in detail in the book) as: increasing the effort needed to commit the crime (hardening targets), increasing the risks associated with the crime, reducing the rewards, reducing the provocations, and removing the excuses.
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What will be an ideal response?
Smith, 127 A.2d at 465 is an acceptable citation format when _________
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The ______ decision left open the question of whether juvenile court proceedings are necessarily adversarial in nature and left on the states the burden of establishing that a separate justice system for juveniles represents a useful alternative to criminal processing.
A. Gault B. McKeiver C. George T. D. Kent
"____________" An act or omission forbidden by law and punishable by a fine, imprisonment, or even death.
A. Crime B. Elements C. Fact D. Circumstantial Evidence