Developmental crime prevention

Hömel, Ross; Thomsen, Lisa

doi:10.4324/9781315724393-4

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“…Consistent with the need to support continuing development over time, interventions such as the StrivePartnership demonstrate the potential educational improvements that might be achieved when systemic changes address multiple points from childhood to early adulthood. As suggested by others (Hayes, 2007;Homel, 2005;Werner, 2005), intervention to support development might be more effective if extended across the life course. In a school context, one application of this approach might involve engaging parents and caregivers not only at significant points in their children's education (e.g., transitions between schools) but also when significant events in their own lives may impact on children's development (e.g., employment changes, prison release, relocation) (Developmental Crime Prevention Consortium, 1999;Sameroff, 2004).…”

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confidence: 89%

“…However, while the early years are well recognized as fundamentally important (Hayes, ; Keating & Hertzman, ; Shonkoff & Meisels, ), opportunities to enhance well‐being continue across the lifespan (Brooks‐Gunn, ). A range of social systems—families, peers, schooling, work, community, and faith organizations—appear crucial to sustaining early developmental gains (Hayes, ; Homel, ; Werner, ). Therefore, to maximize development, there is a need to move toward enhancing the degree of alignment, not only between developmental contexts at one point in time, but throughout the life course (Hayes, ).…”

Section: Improving Development Over Timementioning

confidence: 99%

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Within and beyond: Some implications of developmental contexts for reframing school psychology

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Hayes

2017

Psychology in the Schools

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Disadvantage negatively affects human development but is amenable to change. Education is important in reducing disadvantage and school psychologists and counselors make critical contributions to reducing inequity and maximizing social mobility. Counselors and psychologists can further enhance their contributions in two ways. The first is to prioritize synergizing the strengths and resilience that all students bring. The second is to reconceptualize “the client” as the ecosystem in which all students develop and learn. Considering evidence through the lens of Bronfenbrenner's bioecological (Process–Person–Context–Time) model, this article presents promising evidence that where deliberate, collaborative efforts are made to strengthen multiple developmental contexts, both within and beyond schools, these can successfully improve student outcomes across multiple domains and have a greater likelihood of achieving scale and sustainability than traditional, individual‐focused therapeutic approaches.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 89%

Section: Improving Development Over Timementioning

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Within and beyond: Some implications of developmental contexts for reframing school psychology

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Hayes

2017

Psychology in the Schools

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“…Clearly, there is room for growth within NCPC's current theoretical model. Homel (2005) claims that ''doing something about crime early, preferably before the damage is too hard to repair or crime becomes entrenched, strikes most people as a logical approach to crime prevention.'' (p. 71).…”

Section: Criticisms Of the Current Crime-prevention Strategy In Canadamentioning

confidence: 99%

Situational crime prevention and Public Safety Canada’s crime-prevention programme

Hodgkinson

Farrell

2017

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This study examines the work undertaken by Canada's National Crime Prevention Centre (NCPC) under the auspices of the Public Safety Canada. NCPC operates with a social development approach to preventing crime, focussing largely on small pilot projects that work with at-risk youth. We suggest that this is a rather narrow definition of crime prevention and that it may not necessarily be an optimal strategy for all crime preventions in Canada. In particular, many international crime and safety organizations suggest the need for integrated approaches in crime prevention. In addition, there is an array of evidence-based situational crime prevention (SCP) strategies from which Canada might benefit. SCP has a history of success in designing out a wide range of crimes from credit card fraud to car theft and burglary. It is proposed that, at minimum, a more inclusive crime-prevention programme that incorporates SCP would produce a significant net benefit to the safety of Canadians.

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“…Crime can also be prevented through situational and environmental approach where measures taken make it extremely difficult for criminal to access the premises. Access control and surveillance measures are put in place in such situations to deter criminals (Clarke, 1997;Homel, 2005).…”

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Different Crime Types in Western Cape Province: Principal Component Analysis

2016

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South Africa has a very high crime rate compared to most countries. Crime affects the society,Â business and psychology of the people. It compels people to move out or come into a particular area. It isÂ most prevalent in the urban areas where poverty gap is conspicuous. Western Cape and Gauteng ProvincesÂ are the best developed provinces in the country and therefore have higher crime levels. But the question is:Â what types of crime are prevalent in the Western Cape Province? And what are the major causes of theseÂ crimes? The purpose of this paper is to identify the different types of crimes committed in the Western CapeÂ Province which are prominent. Principal Component analysis (PCA) has been use in this study to gauge theÂ patterns of crime and the distinct important factors affecting the level of crime. Secondary data from aÂ website have been used in the analysis. The results show that violence and vehicle thefts are the mostÂ committed crimes in the province. The areas where crime occurs most frequently are Bellville, Cape TownÂ Central, Gugulethu, Harare, Khayelisha, Mitchells Plain, Nyanga and Parow. Firearms have been identified asÂ major means for committing crime. The paper recommends that attempts be made by the provincialÂ government to clamp down unlicensed fire arm holders/dealers. Amnesty should be granted to encourageÂ holders of unlicensed fire arms to surrender without punishment and the public should report to the policeÂ all those dealing in unlicensed firearms in order to root out crime in the province.

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Developmental crime prevention

Cited by 14 publications

References 47 publications

Within and beyond: Some implications of developmental contexts for reframing school psychology

Within and beyond: Some implications of developmental contexts for reframing school psychology

Situational crime prevention and Public Safety Canada’s crime-prevention programme

Different Crime Types in Western Cape Province: Principal Component Analysis

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