Crime Prevention: Strategies and Theories

YOU HAVE BEEN ENGAGED
BY MELVILLE CITY COUNCIL
AS A CRIME PREVENTION
CONSULTANT BECAUSE OF
THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THE
RISING NUMBER OF
COMPLAINTS OF CRIME

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CRIME PREVENTION PLAN...................................................................................................3
Impact of anti-social behaviour on crime-..................................................................................3
Crime prevention theories-..........................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFRENCES ..................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Crime prevention is termed out as technique that attempts to reduce and deter crime and
criminals (Helfgott, Gunnison and Rice, 2020). Therefore, this applied specifically to efforts
made by legal authorities to bring reduction in crimes rates by enforcing the law and to maintain
criminal justice. Henceforth, crime prevention is techniques that comprises of plan of action and
measures that seek to reduce the risk of crimes.
The present report is based on the concerns about the rising number of complaints of
crime. Furthermore, report will cover knowledge about the crime patterns with use of crime
prevention theories. Thus, depth empirical research will be undertaken to reduce the crime rates.
MAIN BODY
CRIME PREVENTION PLAN
Crime prevention termed out as process that trying to bring reduction in the amount of
crime in the given area such as Melville city. Thus, crime prevention plan is comprised of the
plan of action and measures that seek to reduce the risk of crimes that is occurring due to some
particular concern such as anti-social behaviour of people (Pizarro, Sadler and Zimmerman,
2020). Thus, idea of crime prevention is to keep criminals away from committing the crime.
Therefore, this can be stated that opportunities plays out the crucial role in terms to reduce the
increasing number of crime within the community. Thus, rate of crime can be reduced with
improved sense of security and quality of life that leads to reduce the fear of crime.
Thus, rate of crime can be reduced if there is increased integration among the residents
and bonds within the neighbourhood tends to enhance (Swanson and Livingstone, 2020).
However, the government should take the number of initiatives ion order to reduce the crime rate
such as to build the stricter alcohol polices, Hot-spot policing, focused deterrence policing and
behaviour intervention programmes.
Impact of anti-social behaviour on crime-
Anti-social behaviour termed out as action that can leads to harm or lack consideration
for the well being of others (Zheng, Zou and Cheng, 2020). Therefore, the examples of anti
social behaviour acts will be inclusive of Nuisance, inconsiderate neighbours and street drinking
etc. Hence, this can be stated that anti social behaviour act tends to enhance the community
concern. These range increase due to misuse of public space such as fighting or drug use and