Crime Prevention Plan: Analyzing and Reducing Public Transport Crime

This report presents a comprehensive crime prevention plan focused on reducing crime on public transport. It begins by defining public transport and the various crimes that occur within this context, including theft, robbery, assault, and anti-social behavior. The plan proposes a multi-faceted approach, starting with situational prevention methods such as organizational techniques, increased video surveillance, public awareness campaigns, and staff training. It also incorporates social prevention methods, including public awareness campaigns aimed at modifying criminal behavior and promoting safety rules. The report emphasizes the importance of forming partnerships among transport companies, local and state groups to execute the prevention plan effectively, including identifying victims, risks, offenders, and the times and places where crimes are most likely to occur. The report concludes by reiterating the need for a collaborative effort involving various stakeholders to ensure the success of the crime prevention plan.

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Crime Prevention Plan
Background of the Plan
Crime prevention entails the plans by particular concerned individuals aimed at reduction
and deterring of criminals and crimes. It typically forms an integral part of the plans and
priorities of any particular crime prevention officer. There are a variety of crimes committed by
different criminals which must all be reduced and prevented from occurring. However, the main
focus of this paper will be examined and set out plans aimed at reducing crime on public
transport. In matters relating to such crimes, it is always of significance to understand what crime
on public transport really entails.
Evaluation of the Plan
When setting up a plan to reduce crimes on public transport, it is vital to understand
various aspects. For instance, first what public transport entails. Public transport can be defined
as a fundamental element whose main role revolves around the reduction of certain social
exclusion by offering employment, health, leisure and even work (Sohn, 2016 p.90). Further,
public transport is considered as hire system whose key function is to provide mass
transportation to public citizens. According to a recent survey which was conducted in the last
two years, it was found out that there are certainly two primary factors which have widely
prevented the use of public transport. Such factors include the personal security and fear of crime
at various stations and bus stops in some of the towns.
The other essential factor which is to be considered when making plans for reducing
various crimes on public transport is the nature and extent of crimes on public transport. There
are a variety of crimes being committed on public transport. Such crimes include theft, robbery,
assault and anti-social behavior which typically forms the category of crimes committed against

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the passengers (Ariel and Partridge, 2017 p.820). There is also another category of crimes which
those relating to crimes against the employees and they include, graffiti and vandalism. Lastly,
there is the category of crimes called the line of routes crimes which are typically those crimes
committed along a particular route.
Prevention Plans for Crimes on Public Transport
The plans aimed at preventing and hence reducing crimes on public transport will
typically entail a number of approaches. Some of the techniques of preventing such crimes will
include;
Recommendations for the Plan
There are a variety of strategies which can be applied to help in preventing crimes on the
public transport. The recommended strategies are as indicated below in the paper.
Situational Prevention Method
The situational prevention method will entail the application of a variety of techniques
aimed at reducing the different crimes on public transport. Such techniques will include,
organizational techniques which entail the adoption of certain policies by the institution aimed at
regulating banning of consumption of various drugs in school (Ariel and Partridge, 2017 p.820).
Such a method will typically reduce a variety of aggressive behavior. The other technique will
entail the installation of more video surveillance along the routes used by most of the students.
There are numerous roles of video surveillance which will be used to help in preventing and
hence reducing crimes on public transport. For example, it will alert the concerned authorities
about any particular criminal activity taking place along any of the routes. The authorities will,
therefore, react quickly to a crime on public transport (Natarajan, 2016 p.6). The other

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fundamental function of video surveillance is that it will be used as a mechanism aimed at
discouraging any particular potential offender from carrying out a crime.
Another technique under the situational method includes conducting numerous public
awareness to both the public and students by educating them on ways to protect themselves when
encountered with such criminal acts (Reynald, 2015 p.85). Some of the ways that could be
adopted is keeping a variety of valuable possessions from the criminals to reduce theft cases
along the routes. Lastly, under the situational method, the staff members of the institution will
undergo a training to enable them to have the right skills to intervene in any particular crime
situation before it gets worse. A key intervention technique which could be used is the alternative
conflict management and this can be enforced by certain specialized mediators (Gottheil and
Gabor, 2017 p.65).
Social Prevention Method
The social prevention method will mainly entail the use of campaigns to create awareness
to the public and student of the institution about the various crimes on public transport. Most of
such educational campaigns to raise awareness will typically entail the provision of a variety of
information aimed at the modification of the behavior of different criminal offenders (Schiller
and Kenworthy, 2017 p.100). It will also aim at reducing certain uncivil behavior along the
routes by encouraging the application of safety rules.
Further, the campaigns to raise awareness on the crime on the public transport will also
aid in preventing and reducing terrorism since most of the transport users especially the students
will become aware of different aspects and concepts of terrorism. Apart from the above
mentioned roles of public campaigns, the other fundamental role of such campaigns entails
preventing of certain acts of incivilities such as throwing litter, anti-social behavior and being

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annoying among others (Eck and Weisburd, 2015 p.14). Lastly, the campaigns will generally
encourage the students and also the public to report some of the cases of crimes on public
transport along the routes to the relevant authorities and this will be done over the telephone.
Formation of Partnerships to Execute the Prevention Plan
Often the crimes on public transport occur in different routes of a particular journey and
also at different times, there has therefore been a rising concern for the implications in relation to
the prevention of such crimes. It is vital to form partnerships aimed at implementing some of the
prevention plans (Weisburd, 2018 p.230). Some of the partnerships could that among the
transport companies, local and state groups aimed at eradicating cases of insecurity on public
transport. Such a strategy is often referred to as the local security contracts. The local security
contract will typically unite all the stakeholders including the students and staff members of the
institution. Some of the fundamental local security contracts entail a decision on the target areas,
technique of plan of action, carrying out of a local safety diagnosis and the review of the matter
of concern which is security along the routes.
The prevention plan will entail the identification of various guardians, targets and
victims of crimes on public transport. Based on a survey which was conducted recently, it was
found out that there are particularly a variety of victims of crime on public transport (Cozens and
Love, 2015 p.400). Such victims include the passengers who could also be the students and also
the staff. Apart from the identification of the particular victims, the various risks to crime will
also be identified. Some of such risks relate to the infrastructure of the transport system such as
graffiti of vehicles, criminal damage of vehicles and the damage to certain fixed lines which
could create certain obstacles on the routes.

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According to Welsh, Farrington, and Taheri (2015 p.120), the other step in the prevention
plan will entail the identification of the key handlers and offenders of crimes on public transport.
The critical characteristics of the offenders will be identified whether they are really part of
different crimes being committed along the routes in public transport. To know the various
characteristics of the key offenders, a study will be conducted with the aim of understanding the
travel behavior of the identified offenders along the different routes used by most of the students
of the institution.
Further, the prevention plan will entail the examination of the time and places where
most of the crimes on public transport occur (Collins, Ricks and Van Meter, 2015 p.9). In the
event of assessing the specific places where the crimes are likely to take place, it will be vital to
classify the different settings into a variety of public transport components. Such components
will entail, route, waiting and walking settings among others. According to a recent study, it was
found out that crimes on public transport primarily occur in areas such as hubs, transport
stations, and stops and hence it will be part of the prevention plan aimed at reducing crime on the
public transport.
Additionally, there will also be the identification of the various crime generators and the
crime attractors. The crime attractors can be considered as the specific place in which the
criminal offenders often visit and this has been attributed to their knowledge of the place and
also available opportunities related to crime on public transport (Natarajan et al.2015 p.29). The
crime generators, on the other hand, entail the areas whose primary aim is to attract a variety of
individuals with intentions to commit various criminal offenses. With the identification of such
areas, it will be easy to put into place certain measures aimed at reducing crimes on public
transport.

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Conclusion
In summary, the plans to prevent and hence reduce crimes on public transport cannot be
done in isolation. The various stakeholders must be taken into consideration such as the transport
users, local government, transport operators and the community stakeholders. The above
mentioned crime prevention plan entails a number of procedures. Some of the procedures include
identification of the key handlers and offenders of crimes on the public transport, examination of
the time and places where most of the crimes on public transport occurs and identification of
various guardians, targets and victims of crimes on the public transport. Additionally, there are
strategies which will be applied in the plan such as situational prevention method, the formation
of partnerships with various groups and social prevention method

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