Reducing Crime

Reducing crime through prevention

• This occurs when the causes for offending are removed. Methods include
• Increasing community policing and police visits to schools. This creates a relationship with the police and helps people learn to avoid crime.
• Providing high quality education. This means people have better opportunities, so crime is less attractive.
• Providing counselling for addiction problems. This means people keep away from crime, which is usually the main funder of any addiction.
• Provide young people with opportunities such as youth clubs. This means they don't turn to crime out of boredom.

Reducing crime through protection

• This involves deterring crime by protecting society.
• Security measures such as better CCTV and alarms. This protects people as it puts off potential criminals if there is more of a chance of being caught.
• Neighbourhood watch group chats and schemes. These means crimes are less likely as people notice and tell each other about activity.
• Improving the community through better lighting and an orderly neighbourhood. This means crime is less likely, as an improved community makes questionable behaviour more noticeable.

Reducing crime through punishment

• This aims to defer people from committing crimes through the consequences.
• It shows people that criminal actions are unacceptable, so less people commit crimes
• The most severe punishment is prison, but there are many other punishments used to rehabilitate and deter criminals from committing another crime.