Crime Prevention Strategies & Community
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Running head: CRIME PREVENTION SECURITYCrime prevention strategiesName of the student:Name of the university:Author note
1CRIME PREVENTION SECURITYTable of ContentsIntroduction:...............................................................................................................................2Discussion:.................................................................................................................................2A. Nature of the current problem:..........................................................................................2B. Recommended course of action or techniques:.................................................................3(a) Routine activity theory:................................................................................................4(b) Rational choice theory:.................................................................................................5(c) Problem solving methodologies:..................................................................................6(i) SARA:...........................................................................................................................7(ii) 5I’s model:....................................................................................................................7Environmental prevention:.....................................................................................................7C. Recommendation for Implementation process:.................................................................8Conclusion:................................................................................................................................8Reference:..................................................................................................................................9
2CRIME PREVENTION SECURITYIntroduction:Crime is an illegal and unethical act and is universal in nature. Such acts not onlyharm the individual but the society also. Crime prevention is an attempt to reduce the illegalacts for maintaining justice in the society (Horyniak et al. 2016). In Victoria, the rate of crimeis growing and the youth society of Australia are very much get involved in such illegal acts.Most of the crimes are committed in intoxicated situation or from the grievance ofunemployment and poverty and it is important to identify other criminal factors forestablishing a pleasant society. This report is based on certain advice on the effective strategyon crime prevention and effective methods to implement the strategies. Discussion:A. Nature of the current problem:Most of the crimes committed in the state of Victoria are organised in nature as thesymptoms of the crimes are followed the elements of organised crime. The elements of theorganised crime are as follows:The criminal acts should be committed for any gain;The outcome of the offence must be serious;Most the crimes are committed by small group of people;The crimes are committed plan wise;The criminal groups are frequently disbursed after the commission of the offence.However, Major Crime (Investigative Powers) Act 2004 (Vic) defines the termorganised crime as an indictable offence and the terms of the punishment imposed for theoffence are up to ten years.
3CRIME PREVENTION SECURITYThe most common offences that have been committed in Victoria are burglary andtheft. According to a criminal figure published in 2016, up to 24.4% crimes were committedin the form of robbery and 15.9% crimes were committed in the form of theft(Crimestatistics.vic.gov.au 2018). Except these, the rate of crime in case of burglary was10.1% and 6.9% crimes were committed under Narcotic Substances Act. A report is revealingthat rate of crime in case of theft and burglary has been increased almost 27% in 2016compare to 2015. Another offence that has been increasing now days is sexual assault in thestate of Victoria. Most of the cases on burglary and robbery are committed by gangs and variouscriminal organisations are established in Victoria. In general, the organisation that controlsthe illegal acts or supplying illegal substances are known as criminal organisation. InVictoria, there is no specific definition on criminal organisation. A report published by theVictoria Law Reform reveals that the criminal groups are active in the drugs market. It has also been observed that the juvenile assault has been grown in Australiasince 2000 and the rate of molestation on women is at high condition. Most of the women arevictimised by their relatives. The crime related to graffiti has also become a serious problemin Australia. All these offences are indictable in nature (Von Lampe 2015). B. Recommended course of action or techniques:Criminal conducts are belonging to the human activities and therefore, the mainobjective of the criminal prevention theories is to understand the key factors of the criminalconduct. Crime prevention theory is based on certain moral principles (Crawford and Evans2017). It defines the nature of suitable society. There are certain crime prevention techniquesand theories for the implementation of relevant rules to reduce the criminal mentalities andactivities as well. The term ‘crime prevention’ can be classified as social prevention and
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