Beyond symptoms: crime prevention and community development.

From: Australian Journal of Social Issues | Date: May 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

Crime and crime prevention are currently 'hot' political and social issues. Fuelled by public calls for 'solutions', the responses by politicians and planners are typically 'quick-fix' with emphasis on management of particular problems as, and where, they arise.

We argue for longer term strategies aimed at dealing with the political, social, economic and cultural factors associated with crime. In doing so, we explore the potential of community development to contribute to crime prevention, particularly 'community' or 'street' crime and violence. Theoretical and practice intersections ...

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