Question 1

Neighbourhood Watch (NW) has been very successful at preventing crime.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

What was the essence of a Home Office circular about crime prevention released in 1984 ?

Accepted Answer

A) That crime was out of control 
B) That preventing crime is a task for the whole community 
C) Drugs and young people are a serious problem 
A) That crime was out of control 
B) That preventing crime is a task for the whole community 
C) Drugs and young people are a serious problem B

Question 3

Who took the lead role in crime prevention according to the Morgan Committee's final report (1991)?

Accepted Answer

A) no-one 
B) the police 
C) local authorities 
A) no-one 
B) the police 
C) local authorities A

Question 4

What is Wilson and Kelling's metaphor of 'broken windows' intended to convey

Accepted Answer

A) that broken windows are a sign of a breakdown of the youth justice system 
B) that 'untended' behaviour leads to the breakdown of community controls 
C) that visible signs of disorder which go unchallenged are likely to breed further disorder 
A) that broken windows are a sign of a breakdown of the youth justice system 
B) that 'untended' behaviour leads to the breakdown of community controls 
C) that visible signs of disorder which go unchallenged are likely to breed further disorder

Question 5

Crime prevention policies arose in response to the belief that:

Accepted Answer

A) criminals are born bad 
B) a person's social life situation can lead them to commit crime 
C) That the criminal justice system alone could not control crime 
A) criminals are born bad 
B) a person's social life situation can lead them to commit crime 
C) That the criminal justice system alone could not control crime

Question 6

What does Clarke (2005) suggest as techniques of situational prevention?

Accepted Answer

A) Increase the risks 
B) Reduce the rewards 
C) Put people in prison 
A) Increase the risks 
B) Reduce the rewards 
C) Put people in prison

Question 7

What was the statutory duty placed upon police and local authorities by the
Crime and Disorder Act 1998 ?

Accepted Answer

A) to prevent alcohol related disorder 
B) to formulate and implement a crime reduction strategy for the area 
C) to implement ASBOs 
A) to prevent alcohol related disorder 
B) to formulate and implement a crime reduction strategy for the area 
C) to implement ASBOs

Question 8

How was the move from 'crime prevention' to 'crime reduction' explained?

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Question 9

Situational crime prevention measures are targeted at:

Accepted Answer

A) the local environment 
B) the individual 
C) the victim 
A) the local environment 
B) the individual 
C) the victim

Question 10

What were the two main elements of 'Operation Ceasefire'?

Accepted Answer

A) A direct law enforcement initiative against firearms trafficking. 
B) to take guns off the streets 
C) An attempt to generate a strong deterrent to gang violence. 
A) A direct law enforcement initiative against firearms trafficking. 
B) to take guns off the streets 
C) An attempt to generate a strong deterrent to gang violence.

Question 11

Pease and others have argued that repeat victimization is highest, both absolutely and proportionately, in the most crime-ridden areas, which are also the areas that suffer the most serious crime. The prevention of repeat victimization is thus commensurately more important the greater the area's crime problem.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

What were the aims of the Safer Cities project?

Accepted Answer

A) reducing crime 
B) lessening fear of crime 
C) creating 'safer cities where economic enterprise and community life can flourish' 
A) reducing crime 
B) lessening fear of crime 
C) creating 'safer cities where economic enterprise and community life can flourish'

Question 13

By 1989/90 the Kirkholt Burglary Prevention Project reduced incidence of the crime to one-quarter the level it had been in 1986/87.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

What are the main criticisms of situational crime prevention?

Accepted Answer

A) that the crime will be displaced to another time or place 
B) that another target will be chosen 
C) new methods will be developed 
A) that the crime will be displaced to another time or place 
B) that another target will be chosen 
C) new methods will be developed

Question 15

There are two main ways of defining crime prevention initiatives and within one of them there are three types of activities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

What are the advantages of concentrating on repeat victimisation according to Pease?

Accepted Answer

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Question 17

'Hot spots' are areas where criminals congregate to socialise.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What is 'repeat victimisation' and what is its significance for criminological research?

Accepted Answer

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Question 19

How was the Anti-social Behaviour Order' (ASBO) first introduced?

Accepted Answer

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Question 20

What is 'social crime prevention'?

Accepted Answer

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Exam 25: Crime Prevention and Community Safety

Neighbourhood Watch (NW) has been very successful at preventing crime.

What was the essence of a Home Office circular about crime prevention released in 1984 ?

Who took the lead role in crime prevention according to the Morgan Committee's final report (1991)?

What is Wilson and Kelling's metaphor of 'broken windows' intended to convey

Crime prevention policies arose in response to the belief that:

What does Clarke (2005) suggest as techniques of situational prevention?

What was the statutory duty placed upon police and local authorities by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 ?

How was the move from 'crime prevention' to 'crime reduction' explained?

Situational crime prevention measures are targeted at:

What were the two main elements of 'Operation Ceasefire'?

What were the aims of the Safer Cities project?

By 1989/90 the Kirkholt Burglary Prevention Project reduced incidence of the crime to one-quarter the level it had been in 1986/87.

What are the main criticisms of situational crime prevention?

There are two main ways of defining crime prevention initiatives and within one of them there are three types of activities.

What are the advantages of concentrating on repeat victimisation according to Pease?

'Hot spots' are areas where criminals congregate to socialise.

What is 'repeat victimisation' and what is its significance for criminological research?

How was the Anti-social Behaviour Order' (ASBO) first introduced?

What is 'social crime prevention'?

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