The practice of crime prevention: design principles for more effective security governance
| dc.contributor.author | Berg, J | |
| dc.contributor.author | Shearing, C D | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-03-24T09:47:09Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-03-24T09:47:09Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-03-24T09:45:39Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | South Africa has had a comprehensive crime prevention policy agenda for some time in the form of the 1996 National Crime Prevention Strategy and the 1998 White Paper on Safety and Security. Despite this, prevention has remained very much a second cousin within the South African criminal justice family, notwithstanding the fact that there is widespread agreement that it warrants far more attention. In this article we briefly review some of the principal obstacles to effective crime prevention. Our understanding of ‘crime prevention’ is a broad one – it involves simply asking the question: How can we reduce the likelihood of this happening again? This question opens up a range of preventative possibilities. Whether they are of a socio-economic, environmental or law enforcement nature depends on the nature of the (crime) problem. On the basis of our analysis, we propose three design principles to be followed if we, South Africans are to establish crime prevention as a central focus of our security governance. These design principles articulate what might be thought of as ‘best thinking’ rather than ‘best practice’. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Berg, J., & Shearing, C. D. (2011). The practice of crime prevention: design principles for more effective security governance. <i>South African Crime Quarterly</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18207 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Berg, J, and C D Shearing "The practice of crime prevention: design principles for more effective security governance." <i>South African Crime Quarterly</i> (2011) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18207 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Berg, J., & Shearing, C. (2011). The practice of crime prevention: Design principles for more effective security governance. South African Crime Quarterly, 36, 23-30. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2413-3108 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Berg, J AU - Shearing, C D AB - South Africa has had a comprehensive crime prevention policy agenda for some time in the form of the 1996 National Crime Prevention Strategy and the 1998 White Paper on Safety and Security. Despite this, prevention has remained very much a second cousin within the South African criminal justice family, notwithstanding the fact that there is widespread agreement that it warrants far more attention. In this article we briefly review some of the principal obstacles to effective crime prevention. Our understanding of ‘crime prevention’ is a broad one – it involves simply asking the question: How can we reduce the likelihood of this happening again? This question opens up a range of preventative possibilities. Whether they are of a socio-economic, environmental or law enforcement nature depends on the nature of the (crime) problem. On the basis of our analysis, we propose three design principles to be followed if we, South Africans are to establish crime prevention as a central focus of our security governance. These design principles articulate what might be thought of as ‘best thinking’ rather than ‘best practice’. DA - 2011 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Crime Quarterly LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2011 SM - 2413-3108 T1 - The practice of crime prevention: design principles for more effective security governance TI - The practice of crime prevention: design principles for more effective security governance UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18207 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18207 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Berg J, Shearing CD. The practice of crime prevention: design principles for more effective security governance. South African Crime Quarterly. 2011; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18207. | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Academy of Science of South Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Public Law | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Law | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_ZA |
| dc.source | South African Crime Quarterly | en_ZA |
| dc.source.uri | http://journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/sacq | |
| dc.title | The practice of crime prevention: design principles for more effective security governance | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
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| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |