1. Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education Canada Inc.11-1 Chapter 11 Criminology and Social Policy

2. Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education Canada Inc.11-2 Crime Prevention and Social Policy Five stages of policy development identification of the problem agenda setting or the prioritization of problems policy formation policy implementation program evaluation and reassessment

3. Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education Canada Inc.11-3 Crime Prevention Philosophies Today nurturant strategies protection/avoidance strategies deterrence strategies

4. Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education Canada Inc.11-4 Recent Crime Prevention Policy Initiatives National Crime Prevention Strategy to promote integrated action of government and non- governmental partners to reduce crime to assist communities in developing and implementing community-based solutions to crime to increase public awareness and support for crime prevention approaches

5. Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education Canada Inc.11-5 Recent Crime Prevention Policy Initiatives Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design based on the concept of defensible space contends that crime can be prevented through proper residential and commercial architectural design and the layout of the physical environment

6. Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education Canada Inc.11-6 Recent Crime Prevention Policy Initiatives Youth Criminal Justice Act Includes provisions that allows an adult sentence for youth over 14 in certain cases permits the publication of names of youth who receive adult sentences (Continued)

7. Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education Canada Inc.11-7 Youth Criminal Justice Act (Continued) creates a special intensive custody and supervision sentence for serious violent young offenders

8. Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education Canada Inc.11-8 Can We Solve the Problem of Crime? Crime prevention and control is not as simple as implementing a federally developed policy across the country. Each level of government may interpret, implement, or challenge a policy, with the result that its uniform application often takes many years.