intelligence model

• crime pattern theory

  mental maps, safe confident

  offenders only commit crimes in areas that they’re familiar with

  mental maps limit behaviour as they usually won’t go beyond their mental map
• routine activity theory

  crimes closely linked to people’s activity

  occurs when there’s a motivated criminal, target and a lack of police

  you can, predict crime rate patterns

  explain the difference in crime in areas

  routine activity provides a time frame for crime eg people who work a 9-5 aren’t home, provides opportunity for burglary
• application: using geography to explain crime

  1 law

  2 spatial

  3 victim

  4 offender
• NIM

  national intelligence model

  broad outlook on crime, targets specific subsets by prioritising issues and development

  level 1, neighbourhood crime eg burglary

  level 2, cross boarder, affects more than one basic command unit eg stolen goods

  level 3, deals with serious and organised crime eg crime groups
• scan

  identify problems and consequences, prioritise them and determine the frequency
• analysis

  research problem and address the strengths and limitations, narrow the scope of problem, identify sources to assist, develop hypothesis
• response

  new intervention

  what have other communities with similar problems done

  response plan

  objectives

  carry out planned activities
• assessment

  was plan implemented

  collecting qualitive and quantitative info

  new strategies

  ensuring the assessment is on going to ensure effectiveness