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32 Canadian J. Criminology 17 (1990)
Situational Crime Prevention in Practice

handle is hein.journals/cjccj32 and id is 21 raw text is: Situational Crime Prevention in Practice PATRICIA L. BRANTINGHAM AND PAUL J. BRANTINGHAM SCHOOL OF CRIMINOLOGY SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY BURNABY, B.C. Cet article montre comment la pr6vention du crime a dvolu6 vers la pr6vention ponctuelle. Les auteurs montrent comment certains programmes, tels que la Surveillance du voisinage, font le pont entre la prevention ponctuelle et la prdvention sociale. Ils commentent certaines exp6riences de prdvention faites au Canada au moyen de la m6thode ponctuelle. Us citent aussi d'autres exem- ples concrets pour faire voir le potentiel de la prdvention ponctuelle. This article traces the evolution of crime prevention approaches to situational prevention. The authors show how some programs, such as Neighbourhood Watch, bridge the gap between situational and social prevention. Some Cana- dian experiments using the situational approach are discussed. Other concrete examples are also provided to illustrate the potential of situational crime prevention. Introduction The term crime prevention is used to cover a broad range of activi- ties by individuals, groups, institutions, and governments. Some crime prevention activities try to reduce crime, fear, and nuisance problems directly by dealing with immediate situations. Other crime prevention activities address crime indirectly by trying to alter general social back- ground conditions that are thought to cause crime, with the intent of eventually reducing the likelihood of crime, nuisance, behaviour, and fear (Brantingham and Brantingham, 1988; Lab, 1988; Brantingham and Faust, 1976). Most crime prevention efforts tend to be generic in form and gen- eral in scope, grounded on standardized approaches or programs aimed at altering one or two factors believed to be related to criminality or crime. For example, mass media campaigns and public education pro- grams are aimed at large numbers of people under the assumption that