| CODE | CRM2012 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Crime Prevention and Community Safety | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Criminology | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit consists of a review and appraisal of leading approaches to crime prevention including social crime prevention, situational crime prevention, community crime prevention, and risk-focused crime prevention. It will examine crime prevention within the wider context of criminal justice policy making, as well as comparative and international crime reduction measures. The main approaches and definitions underlying community risk and safety will be discussed both at the national level and in terms of recent international developments. Study-unit Aims: Students will: 1. Assess major strategies for crime reduction in comparative and international contexts; 2. Explore the relationship between conceptions of crime and policies/programmes for crime reduction; 3. Explore the relationship between crime prevention policies and criminal justice policy-making; 4. Discuss methods of assessment of the risks faced by a community and how to determine its safety. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. Describe traditional and emerging approaches to crime prevention within criminology; 2. Explain the conceptual foundations for crime prevention policies and programmes; 3. Identify and appraise leading approaches to crime prevention with European, North American and international policy-making environments; 4. Develop a systematic plan for situational crime prevention project; 5. Appraise the set-up of a community and its vulnerabilities/ major risks that need to be addressed. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. Compare and contrast policy making approaches across national contexts; 2. Identify conceptual and theoretical ideas behind contemporary policy and practices; 3. Provide a systematic approach to evaluation of programmes; 4. Identify the main stakeholders, sources of information and vulnerable groups in assessing the community fabric. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: (All books are available at the Institute's library and some also at University Main library.) (Note: Other/additional reading for discussion may be assigned each week.) - Crawford, Adam (1998) Crime Prevention and Community Safety: Politics, Policies and Practices. London: Longman. - Farrington, David and Brendon Walsh, eds (2006) Preventing Crime: What Works for Children, Offenders, Victims and Places New York: Springer. - Felson, Marcus (2002) Crime Prevention and Everyday Life. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. - Kury, Helmut and Joachim Obergfell-Fuchs (2003) Crime Prevention: New Approaches. Mainz: Weisser Ring. - Gilling, Daniel (1997) Crime Prevention: Theory, Policy and Politics London: UCL Press. - Tilley, Nick, ed, (2005) Handbook of Crime Prevention and Community Safety. Cullompton, Devon: Willan. - Tonry, Michael and David Farrington, eds (1995) Building a Safer Society: Strategic Approaches to Crime Prevention. Chicago: University of Chicago. - Von Hirsch, Andrew, David Garland and Allison Wakefield, eds (2000) Ethical and Social Perspectives on Situational Crime Prevention Oxford: Hart. Websites: - UK Home Office: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/crime/ - Center for Problem-Oriented Policing (US): http://www.popcenter.org/ - US National Institute of Justice: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/ - Australian Institute of Criminology: http://www.aic.gov.au/ - UCL Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science: http://www.jdi.ucl.ac.uk/publications/index.php - Univ of Ottawa Institute for the Prevention of Crime: http://www.socialsciences.uottawa.ca/ipc/eng/ - European Crime Prevention Network (EUCPN): http://www.eucpn.org/index.asp - Design against crime research centre (London, UK; for innovative student projects): http://www.designagainstcrime.com/index.php |
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| RULES/CONDITIONS | Before TAKING THIS UNIT YOU ARE ADVISED TO TAKE CRM1021 OR TAKE CRI1002 | ||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Janice Formosa Pace |
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