Ethical and Social Perspectives on Situational Crime Prevention
Ethical and Social Perspectives on Situational Crime Prevention

Author: Andreas von Hirsch

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2004-10-15

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1847313302

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Situational crime prevention has drawn increasing interest in recent years,yet the debate has looked mainly at whether it 'works' to prevent crime. This volume addresses the ethics of situational crime prevention and also examines the place of situational crime prevention within criminology. The contributors are twelve distinguished criminologists who together advance our understanding of the ethical and societal questions underlying crime prevention. Contributors: Ron Clarke, Adam Crawford, Antony Duff, David Garland, Tim Hope, Richard Jones, John Kleinig, Clifford Shearing, David J. Smith, Richard Sparks, Andrew von Hirsch and Alison Wakefield. "..presents several unique questions regarding the use of crime prevention strategies." Robert Hanser writing in The Literature of Criminal Justice January 2001

Ethics and Situational Crime Prevention
Ethics and Situational Crime Prevention

Author: Thomas Søbirk Petersen

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-07-25

Total Pages: 133

ISBN-13: 1040110835

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book addresses the ethics of Situational Crime Prevention (SCP). It seeks not only to analyse specific SCP measures but to demonstrate how ethical analysis can support and improve the implementation of SCP strategies. In ethically analysing a particular SCP measure, it is not enough to look at empirical data. Even if a measure is effective at preventing crime, it may turn out to be ethically unattractive because it harms more people than it benefits, or because it violates our right to free movement. The book proceeds from the assumption that decision-making about whether we should use SCPs can only be conducted by carefully identifying, clarifying, and critically evaluating the ethical arguments for and against use of the SCP measure in question. The author analyses several SCP strategies that have not been treated in detail in criminology or applied ethics literatures. These SCP strategies include gated communities, excluding people with a criminal record from housing or employment, the use of hostile design in public spaces, and the implementation of intelligent speed adaption in vehicles. Ethics and Situational Crime Prevention is an essential resource for criminologists, moral philosophers, legal scholars, and social scientists with an interest in crime prevention.

Ethical and Social Perspectives on Situational Crime Prevention. Studies in Penal Theory and Penal Ethics
Ethical and Social Perspectives on Situational Crime Prevention. Studies in Penal Theory and Penal Ethics

Author: Andrew Von Hirsch

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Situational crime prevention has drawn increasing interest in recent years, yet the debate has looked mainly at whether it 'works' to prevent crime. Little attention has been paid to how it alters conceptions and strategies of crime prevention in modern society, and to the ethical questions concerning its potential impact on freedom and privacy.; This volume aims to address the ethics of situational crime prevention. Are situational crime prevention strategies likely to constrain unduly people's freedom of movement? Do such strategies involve an intrusive scrutiny of people's everyday activities? Can ethical principles be developed that would help distinguish acceptable from unacceptable forms of intervention?; The second issue concerns the place of situational crime prevention within criminology.

Crime Prevention by Exclusion
Crime Prevention by Exclusion

Author: Sebastian Jon Holmen

Publisher:

Published: 2024

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781032769738

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"While increasing attention has been directed to the legal and criminological aspects of situational crime prevention, focused ethical discussion of the measures involved has been notable by its absence. Situational crime prevention measures are being used increasingly in various forms in cities all around the world. This book addresses the complex ethical challenges related to preventive exclusion that have only been addressed in a limited way in the academic literature. This volume brings together world-leading experts in ethics and penal theory to answer controversial questions about the ethics of preventing crime by exclusion. Situational crime prevention measures - such as gated communities, hostile design, or annoying music or noise - intended to exclude some or all people from an area to prevent crime present important ethical questions. Is the use of exclusionary measures antithetical to the attainment of social justice or to addressing the root causes of crime? If such measures result merely in the displacement of crime, does this mean they are without value, or morally questionable? What are the conceptual relationships between exclusionary measures, civic trust, and moral agency? Do some or all exclusionary measures fail to respect potential offenders as rational agents? When, if ever, is the use of exclusion to prevent crime discriminatory? And do such measures have a morally problematic expressive dimension? This book is invaluable for scholars with an interest in crime prevention, criminal law, and criminal justice. The practical implications will also appeal to practitioners in the criminal justice system involved in the implementation and administration of preventive exclusion"--

Rational Choice and Situational Crime Prevention
Rational Choice and Situational Crime Prevention

Author: Graeme Newman

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-12-05

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 1351906763

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A collection of original papers examining the theoretical and philosophical bases of the perspective of situational crime prevention. Among issues examined are: the status of situational crime prevention as a theory; the theoretical traditions and context of SCP; the relationship of rational choice to SCP; utilitarianism and SCP; and the ethical./policy implications of SCP.

Society, Ethics, and the Law: A Reader
Society, Ethics, and the Law: A Reader

Author: David A. Mackey

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Published: 2020-02-14

Total Pages: 571

ISBN-13: 1284199649

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Society, Ethics, and the Law: A Reader is an engaging, thoughtful, and academic text designed to help students make connections to ethical issues using real-world examples and thought-provoking discussion questions.

Ethics and Accountability in Criminal Justice
Ethics and Accountability in Criminal Justice

Author: Tim Prenzler

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781922117175

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This is a book of research and policy aimed at raising ethical standards in criminal justice practice. Around the world, corruption continues to undermine the rule of law and the application of due process rights. Misconduct by criminal justice professionals challenges democratic authority and the equality and freedom of ordinary citizens. There is an urgent need for academics, advocates and policymakers to speak with one voice in articulating universal ethical standards and, most importantly, in prescribing systems and techniques that must be in place for criminal justice to be genuinely accountable and as free from misconduct as possible. The focus of the book is on the core components of the criminal justice system -- police, courts and corrections -- and the core groups within this system: sworn police officers; judges, prosecutors and defence lawyers; and custodial and community correctional officers. By using quality research and policy analysis of these core components Professor Prenzler formulates a basic checklist that can be used to assess the ethical quality and accountability of the criminal justice system in any jurisdiction.

The Politics and Practice of Situational Crime Prevention
The Politics and Practice of Situational Crime Prevention

Author: Ross Homel

Publisher: Willow Tree Press

Published: 1996-01-01

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9781881798170

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This volume sets out to stimulate more creative thinking about situational prevention, and sensitises both advocates and critics to its inherently political nature. It analyses the impact of politics and administration on program operations and outcomes.