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Abstract* The link between situational crime prevention and deterrence theory can be found in the fear experienced by the offender in certain crime situations. This paper starts with an examination of deterrence theory. It is argued that perceptual deterrence is flawed in three respects.
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The link between situational crime prevention and deterrence theory can be found in the fear experienced by the offender in certain crime situations. This paper starts with an examination of deterrence theory. It is argued that perceptual deterrence is flawed in three respects.
Feb 11, 2023 · Ethical and social perspectives on situational crime prevention : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. Publication date. 2000. Topics. Crime prevention -- Moral and ethical aspects. Publisher. Oxford : Hart. Collection. internetarchivebooks; printdisabled. Contributor. Internet Archive. Language. English. Item Size. 521.6M.
Aug 27, 2020 · View full text Download PDF. Research on differential deterrability suggests increasingly that the size of a potential sanction risk effect is conditional on characteristics of the person and properties of the setting.
- Helmut Hirtenlehner, Sonja Schulz
- 2021
- Displacement
- Diffusion of Benefits
- Anticipatory Benefits
- Hormesis
- Adaptation
Dispositionally-oriented critics of situational prevention often seem to assume that criminal motivation has the properties of a “drive” that must be expressed in criminal behavior (cf. Clarke, 1980). This idea might be credible for some very rare crimes—some forms of arson, for example—but it is certainly not true for the great majority of crimes....
An unexpected finding of the work on displacement was that situational prevention can result in a “diffusion of benefits.” This term refers to the reductions in crime that can sometimes occur beyond the immediate focus of the situational measures introduced (Clarke & Weisburd, 1994). This greatly enhances the practical appeal of situational prevent...
Just as offenders often overestimate the reach of situational prevention, they often believe that prevention measures have been brought into force before they actually have been. Crime, therefore, drops before any measures have been introduced. This is what is meant by the “anticipatory benefits” of prevention. A recent review found evidence of ant...
When insufficiently applied, offending can become worse because of a prevention measure. This is called a hormetic effect. Hormesis is a phenomenon noted in biology where low dose of an insecticide, for example, increases the population of the targeted insect, perhaps because the low dose kills off natural predators to the insect while doing little...
The concept of criminal “adaptation” further complicates evaluation of situational prevention. It refers to the process through which offender populations discover new crime vulnerabilities after preventive measures have been in place for a while (Ekblom, 1997). It is a longer term process than displacement, which refers to the ways in which indivi...
- John E. Eck, Ronald V. Clarke
- 2019
Nov 18, 2000 · Situational crime prevention has drawn increasing interest in recent years,yet the debate has looked mainly at whether it 'works' to prevent crime. This volume addresses the ethics of...
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Informed by a comprehensive review of theories and research into desistance (Weaver, 2015), this article advances a critical and contemporary overview of the main theories of desistance, drawing on illustrative empirical research.
