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    PUBLIC SURVEILLANCE IMPINGING ON OUR PRIVACY AND ASSIST FOR CRIME PREVENTION In the modern world there have been a lot of technological advances within societies. Technology concerns about security and surveillance has changed the thoughts of people. This surveillance technology consist of spying video cameras, CCTV security and surveillance cameras, surveillance electronic communications, face recognition and many others. Some people think this technology is okay while others carry a different

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    Summary: This chapter discusses the seven secondary defenses applied to crime after detection. These seven defenses can be split into two categories: discourage and oppose. The four ways which potential victims discourage their attackers: movement away from adversary, communicate ability to escape, distraction, feigns, and startles, and symbiotic protection. The three methods for quick opposition upon attack are chemical and weapon defense, sudden weaponry, and emergency social defense. Movement

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    ‘Crime prevention’ is an extremely broad term that intends to change and shape behaviour or events in order to reduce the possibility or probability of crime. “Crime prevention is a rather elastic term, which at its broadest encompasses any activity intended to reduce the frequency of events defined as crimes by the criminal law” (Hough et al, 1980 cited in Doherty, 2005, p.126). Thus is can be hard to completely define crime prevention in one singular definition, as there are many areas that can

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    CPTED and COP Revision CTPED or Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design is defined as “The prevention strategy which outlines how the physical environments can be designed in order to lessen the opportunity for crime.” (Queensland Police Department.) CPTED not only is defined by this definition, but it focuses on four more characteristics that help to make this design work effectively, and smoothly. These four characteristics are: maximizing the risk that offenders face, maximizing the effort

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    2. Manning’s concept of” appearance management is to discuss progressive police, forms of crime prevention and have these strategies been helpful in reducing crime rates. Progressive police views is that they cannot solve crimes alone without society help. They need help in information as while there connections or networks are vast they still have limitations in their organizations. To become co-producers in society is one of the greatest tools civilians in society can use to track criminals or

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    Crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) alters the location or the physical design in an area to prevent or minimizes crimes in the area. The idea of crime prevention through environmental design was influenced out of Oscar Newman’s 1972 concept of defensible spaces. Defensible spaces goal is to prevent crime through a physical expression of social fabric and this defends itself. Residents like the appearance and design of the area and therefore they care more about it and what happens

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    One of the many solutions to the many early problems is community policing. Today, community policing has been adopted into many law enforcement agencies. Community policing emphasizes crime prevention and partnerships with the community. With its many goals, one of which is reducing crime and the fear of crime. Looking at the history of policing, it is understandable that one is able to recognize corruption in the beginning era of law enforcement. Everything has to start from somewhere. Policing

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    Crime Prevention Marcos Williams Unit 2: Assignment Abstract Crime prevention has become a major issue in our Nation. In our text we have learned that in the early 1990’s President Bill Clinton had passed a bill that hired 100,000 police officers as a result of the Violent Crime Control Act (Worrall, 2008). The hiring of all the police officers looked as if was going to make a huge impact across the nation. With the rate of crime going up across the world crime prevention is really needed.

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    I will lke ro refe to the article by Anderson. In the article “Crime Prevention and the Science of Where People Are” (Martin A. Andreson & Greg W. Jenion 2008) spatial awareness shows the probability of crimes to occur and how individuals make themselves vulnerable to becoming victims of crime. According to Andreson and Jenion (2008): “the increased rates of populations leaving the relatively protective environment of the home leads to an increase in potential victims and potential offenders in time

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    Crime prevention is essential in reducing the amount of criminal activities that occur within society. It is one of many pieces in a puzzle that help shape a community. By collecting data of criminal behaviors and locating the influences, a community is able to come together and make a difference. There are many programs throughout the United States that strive to make a change in crime. “Sexual violence is a serious public health problem in the United States, affecting people of every age and background

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