Preventing situational crime

• What is the definition of situational crime prevention?

  Adaptations made to prevent criminal acts
• What does situational crime prevention focus on?

  Crimes committed and their locations
• What are the main approaches to situational crime prevention?

  • Target hardening
  • Designing out
• What is target hardening?

  Decreasing opportunity for crime through measures
• What does designing out aim to achieve?

  Redesigning features to prevent associated crimes
• How do sloping seats at bus shelters prevent crime?

  They prevent people from sleeping on them
• How can spikes be used in crime prevention?

  To make structures harder to climb
• How do some crime prevention measures assist the criminal justice system?

  By providing evidence for prosecution
• What is the main reason for using crime prevention measures?

  To deter crimes from happening
• What is a benefit of situational crime prevention?

  Effective at a low cost
• Why are situational crime prevention methods appealing to individuals or organizations?

  They protect property effectively and cheaply
• What is a significant problem associated with situational crime prevention?

  Displacement of crime to other areas
• How does crime displacement occur with situational crime prevention measures?

  Crime moves to locations without security
• According to post-modernist sociologists like Lyng, what aspect of crime is appealing?

  The thrill of taking risks
• How do situational crime prevention methods relate to the thrill of crime?

  They provide a challenge and extra thrill
• What evidence supports the effectiveness of burglar alarms and CCTV?

  They significantly reduce specific crimes
• What term did Zygmunt Bauman use to describe cities affected by security measures?

  "Fortress cities"
• What does Bauman suggest about people's behavior in "fortress cities"?

  People may not travel far from fortresses
• What type of crime is primarily prevented by situational crime prevention measures?

  Opportunistic street crimes
• What do Marxists argue about the focus of situational crime prevention measures?

  They control the working class, not the ruling class