NCJ Number
6498
Journal
International Review of Criminal Policy Issue: 25 Dated: (1967) Pages: 9-19
Date Published
1967
Length
11 pages
Annotation
CRIME PREVENTION PLANNING IS URGED AS A VITAL FACTOR IN THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF BOTH DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.
Abstract
THE THEME OF THIS ARTICLE IS THAT IT IS POSSIBLE FOR A COUNTRY TO DEVELOP WITH FAR LESS CRIME THAN WE HAVE AT PRESENT. CRIMINOGENIC ELEMENTS EMERGE IN A SYSTEM FROM A WEAKNESS OF COMMUNITY COHESION WHICH GETS WORSE AS IMPERSONALITY AND DISASSOCIATION SPREAD. NATIONAL PLANNERS CAN DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM BY INCREASING THE SCOPE OF COOPERATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. THIS IMPLIES DEEPENING PERSONAL INVOLVEMENT, DISTRIBUTING PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITIES AND PROMOTING THE IDEAL OF COMMUNITY SERVICE. ECONOMICALLY, SUCH METHODS CARRY THE PROMISE OF EVEN MORE PRODUCTIVITY AND GROWTH BY RELEASING A POTENTIAL WHICH CANNOT BE TAPPED BY THE USUAL IDEALS OF INDIVIDUAL INITIATIVE AND PERSONAL ENTERPRISE. SOCIALLY, THEY SHOULD GENERATE A SENSE OF SHARING AND PARTICIPATION TO MATCH THE DISTURBANCES OF INNOVATION AND CHANGE. CRIMINOLOGICALLY, THEY SHOULD REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF NORMAL CRIME WHICH FLOWS FROM PERSONAL ISOLATION AND THE GREATER OPPORTUNITIES AND TEMPTATIONS TO COMMIT CRIMES. FOR THE PLANNER, SOME EXAMPLES HAVE BEEN GIVEN OF THE POSSIBILITIES OF APPLYING THESE PRINCIPLES IN DEVELOPING AND DEVELOPED NATIONS. AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED