10 Principles of Crime Prevention

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• 10 Principles of Crime Prevention

Compiled by DC Jeremy House
09/07/2010
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Target Hardening

• Making targets more resistant to attack.
• Make it difficuilt to remove/damage.
• Repairing damage to property - reduces further
  opportunities for crime or repeat victimisation.

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Target Removal

• Permanent or temporary removal of vulnerable
  persons or property.(replacing telephone coin
  boxes with card phones removing radios from
  parked cars,jewellery from shop windows at night)
• Opportunity makes the thief

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Remove the means to commit crime

• Ensure material capable of committing crime is
  not left exposed -
• Domestic Properties - ladders,garden tools etc
• Commercial premises - Keys left lying around, Use
  of toughened glasses in venues

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Reducing the Payoff

• Employing means to reduce the value of loss if a
  crime is committed
• Property marking - post coding, use of replica
  for display purposes

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Access Control

• Restricting access to sites,buildings,parts of
  building.
• Can be controlled byproximity card
  readers,biometric readers,manual coded entry.

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Surveillance

• Natural - by residents, the community
  (removal/pruning of shrubbery,neighbour hood
  watch,improved lighting)
• Formal - Use of technology staff to deter
  identify offenders (security staff,store
  detectives,caretakers) utilising CCTV,alarm
  systems etc.
• Employee - Staff awareness

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Enviromental Design

• Using changes in the environment of a building,an
  area,estate to reduce crime opprtunities
• ALO - works with Architects,developers at
  planning stage - design out crime.

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Rule Setting

• Introduction of legislation,bylaws,codes of
  conduct,to attain acceptable social behaviour
  (wearing of I.d. badges,internal rules within
  business,commerce,public services)

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Increase the Chance of Being Caught

• Management and use of security technology,use
  of plain clothes security staff,correct
  management of CCTV systems,maintenance of systems.

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Deflecting Offenders

• Diverting offenders and potential offenders from
  committing crime.Working with other agencies to
  influence standards,thinking attitudes,Education
  programmes.