Crime Prevention Criminal Justice
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student_first_response_from_p_edwards.docxSTUDENT FIRST RESPONSE from P EDWARDS
There are several avenues to take to approach crime prevention programs towards groups. One crime prevention strategy for groups is gang suppression. Gang suppression efforts are made with the community, schools, and groups and those within are used to help prevent gangs (Robinson, 2013). The weaknesses in gang suppression are primarily when programs are geared toward impacting communities. Studies indicate that school and community based programs that focus on zero-tolerance policing do not show any solid evidence that they are effective. Schools have implemented anti-gang programs at within the schools to discourage gang related activities. However, some community based programs that are at a more individual level are more likely to produce positive results and less likely to participate in gang activities (Robinson, 2013).
Other strategy strengths focus more on the parent involvement with the child's life. “To reduce the risk of children joining gangs, COPS stresses the importance of parents spending time with children; getting involved with their schools; knowing children's friends and their parents; being a good role model; enforcing good study habits; teaching kids to deal with peer pressure, to resist bullying, and to resolve conflicts nonviolently; and enrolling kids in after-school and other recreational activities. COPS also suggests talking to your children about the dangers of gangs and setting clear rules and consequences for gang involvement, as well as getting actively involved in your neighborhood” (Robinson, 2013, p. 4.4). The presence of parent involvement encourages positive acceptable behaviors promoting social behaviors and enables the parents to be proactive in discouraging unacceptable behavior.
References
Robinson, M. (2013). Crime Prevention. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education, Inc.
(YOU NEED TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THIS STUDENT’S RESPONSE IN 200 WORDS LENGTH. NOTHING NEGATIVE BUT POSITIVE FEEDBACK WITH PROPER GRAMMAR PRONUNCIATIONS AND SENTENCING.
After reviewing the initial post determine which area is targeted - select one of the other two and discuss a complementary program that addresses the same issue identified in the initial post which would give a complimentary and more comprehensive program?
SECOND RESPONSE FROM STUDENT Heather F.
This week our text addresses targeting crime prevention programs towards individuals, groups and community’s, I choose to address targeting crime prevention programs through the community. In our text it states that “A community is often treated synonymously with a neighborhood in criminology” (Robinson, M. B. (2013). A community is a group of neighbors who live close together and work together and to care for one another. There have been some studies on several theories on what causes crime in a community such as social disorganization theory, routine activity theory, and crime pattern theory. Social disorganization is where the neighborhood is not socially organized to protect against crime. Some examples of social disorganization is low friendship networking, low levels of participation within the community and low supervision on young people. Routine activity theory occurs when three things come together: likely or motivated offenders, suitable targets and someone not able to prevent the criminal act. Crime pattern theory focuses on the criminal event.
A few crime prevention programs that will help out the community are neighborhood watch, cleaning up cities and neighborhoods, and increasing citizen patrol. The strengths of neighborhood watch is that everyone helps out and watches over everyone in the neighborhood and looks for signs of anyone committing a crime and them reporting it to the police before it happens. Increasing citizen patrol will help deter criminals from committing another crime if there are more chances of them being caught. Cleaning up the cities will help get crime out of the community. The weaknesses of these crime prevention programs are with the neighborhood watch someone in the neighborhood can take it to serious and go overboard with watching over the community. Just like the Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman case where he took it upon his own hand and go up to Trayvon and fatally shooting him because he thought he was up to no good. With increasing citizen patrol would mean the cost of hiring more officers would go up.
Robinson, M. B. (2013). Crime prevention. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education, Inc.
(YOU NEED TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THIS STUDENT’S RESPONSE IN 200 WORDS LENGTH. NOTHING NEGATIVE BUT POSITIVE FEEDBACK WITH PROPER GRAMMAR PRONUNCIATIONS AND SENTENCING.
