Situating Crime Prevention: Models, Methods and Political Perspectives
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This paper provides a commentary on the politics surrounding different crime prevention models and methods. It argues that conflating particular models with particular methods can unnecessarily undermine the acceptance of certain approaches as being appropriate "crime prevention" interventions. The paper presents three abstract models of crime prevention—conservative, liberal and radical—and discusses how diverse methods can be separated from these models, and need to be examined, understood, and used in broader political context. The aim of this paper is to explore different models of crime prevention as a means to highlight important theoretical and political issues that too often remain submerged in "practical" discussions of the merits or otherwise of particular strategies and techniques. It will be demonstrated that "crime prevention" in general is not a uniform or homogeneous area of conceptual development and policy orientation. Rather, ingrained in the very process of designing crime prevention strategies are certain core assumptions and political choices. Acknowledgement of these is essential if we are to make sense of existing and potential conflicts within the field, and evaluate the impact of particular approaches as adopted by criminal justice authorities. Address correspondence to: Robert White, Criminology Department. University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia.
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