The need for comprehensive crime prevention planning: the case of motor vehicle theft.
Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice - Vol. 47 Nbr. 2, April 2005
Linden, Rick
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The need for comprehensive crime prevention planning: the case of motor vehicle theft.
La plupart des programmes de prevention du crime sont mal planifies et appliques, et ne contribuent que peu ou pas du tout a la prevention du crime. Les programmes sont habituellement fragmentes, la communication etant insuffisante entre les groupes qui ont un interet commun en matiere de reduction de la criminalite. La plupart des programmes sont isoles les uns des autres, et non lies dans le cadre d'une strategie de prevention communautaire globale. Les collectivites qui ont reussi a faire baisser de facon significative les taux de criminalite ont adopte une approche globale en matiere de prevention du crime, dans laquelle s'integrent une serie de programmes coordonnant les efforts concertes d'un grand nombre de partenaires et de participants. Pour etre complets et efficaces, les programmes de prevention du crime doivent viser a analyser les problemes de criminalite dans leur contexte communautaire, mobiliser un grand nombre de gens et d'organismes, tabler sur des strategies de prevention tres diverses, etre soigneusement choisis en fonction des besoins propres a une collectivite; enfin, leurs resultats doivent etre evalues. Cet article illustre l'application de ces exigences a la prevention du vol de vehicules a moteur.
Introduction Most crime prevention programs do little or nothing to prevent crime (Sherman, Gottfredson, MacKenzie, Eck, Reuter, and Bushway 1997). Why are crime prevention efforts so unsuccessful? The main reason is that they are poorly planned and implemented. Those responsible for the programs rarely undertake a careful analysis of their community's problems, and programs are often implemented because they are fashionable rather than because they have been shown to be successful. All too often, programs are initiated in neighbourhoods that don't really need them, while less organized neighbourhoods with higher crime rates are not served by programs because local residents have not taken the initiative or do not have the capacity to start them and because programs are much more difficult to implement in high-needs communities. Further...See the full content of this document
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