Conference Papers

Problems and pitfalls in crime prevention

Rick Sarre

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National overview on crime prevention : proceedings of a conference held 4-6 June 1991
Sandra McKillop and Julia Vernon (eds.)
ISBN 0 642 18452 6 ; ISSN 1034-5086
Canberra : Australian Institute of Criminology, 1992
(AIC Conference Proceedings; no. 15)

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Abstract

Those engaged in crime prevention policymaking, planning, implementation and evaluation should be aware that traps and pitfalls do exist (eg media and political posturing on the law and order issue, unintended consequences of crime prevention programs). It is therefore important that they are equipped with: an understanding of the nature of their task in terms of the wider law and order debate; appropriate information; an understanding of the dynamics of the implementation process; and access to sound evaluative techniques and interpretation models.