A preventive approach first outlined in a 1976 British Home Office report and developed by Ronald V. Clarke, holding that crime is best reduced by changing the immediate situation rather than the offender: increasing the effort and risk a specific crime requires, and reducing its rewards, provocations and excuses. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Core ClaimSourced to the subject's own accountReducing the opportunities for a specific kind of crime, by raising its effort and risk and lowering its reward, reduces that crime without requiring any change in offenders. 1 Origin YearSourced to the subject's own accountThe year of the British Home Office report that first outlined the approach. Standing CritiqueSourced to the subject's own accountThe main criticism is displacement: measures that prevent crime in one specific situation may simply cause it to move elsewhere rather than genuinely reducing it. 2 Connections
Developed By
Source Wikipedia: Situational Crime Prevention
Informed By
Its opportunity-reduction logic assumes offenders weigh effort, risk and reward.
Source Wikipedia: Situational Crime Prevention
It targets the opportunity element of the offender, target and guardian convergence.
Source Wikipedia: Situational Crime Prevention
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1. Wikipedia: Situational Crime Prevention
Situational crime prevention section
Situational crime prevention (SCP) is a preventive approach, reducing the opportunities for crime.
- Developed By: Ronald V. Clarke
- Informed By: Rational Choice Theory
- Informed By: Routine Activity Theory
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Evaluation section, displacementQuote, Evaluation section, displacement
While the measures might prevent crime in a specific situation, it is likely to simply move elsewhere.
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