AP/CRIM 3654 3.00

The Politics Of Crime Prevention

Crosslisted: AP/SOSC 3654

This course considers the politics at stake in the crime prevention enterprise. A number of specific crime prevention and security initiatives will be examined with a view to exposing their political foundations. These include: situational crime prevention; crime prevention through environmental design; neighbourhood watch; “broken windows” policing; crime prevention through community development; and social crime prevention. Attention will also be devoted to key challenges surrounding the crime prevention enterprise ranging from implementation, to evaluation, to funding.