STUDENT FIRST RESPONSE from P EDWARDS There are several avenues to take to approach crime prevention programs towards groups. One crime prevention strategy for groups is gang suppression. Gang suppression efforts are made with the community, schools, and groups and those within are used to help prevent gangs (Robinson, 2013). The weaknesses in gang suppression are primarily when programs are geared toward impacting communities. Studies indicate that school and community based programs that focus on zero-tolerance policing do not show any solid evidence that they are effective. Schools have implemented anti-gang programs at within the schools to discourage gang related activities. However, some community based programs that are at a more individual level are more likely to produce positive results and less likely to participate in gang activities (Robinson, 2013). Other strategy strengths focus more on the parent involvement with the child's life. “To reduce the risk of children joining gangs, COPS stresses the importance of parents spending time with children; getting involved with their schools; knowing children's friends and their parents; being a good role model; enforcing good study habits; teaching kids to deal with peer pressure, to resist bullying, and to resolve conflicts nonviolently; and enrolling kids in after-school and other recreational activities. COPS also suggests talking to your children about the dangers of gangs and setting clear rules and consequences for gang involvement, as well as getting actively involved in your neighborhood” (Robinson, 2013, p. 4.4). The presence of parent involvement encourages positive acceptable behaviors promoting social behaviors and enables the parents to be proactive in discouraging unacceptable behavior. References Robinson, M. (2013). Crime Prevention. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education, Inc. (YOU NEED TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THIS STUDENT’S RESPONSE IN 200 WORDS LENGTH. NOTHING NEGATIVE BUT POSITIVE FEEDBACK WITH PROPER GRAMMAR PRONUNCIATIONS AND SENTENCING. After reviewing the initial post determine which area is targeted - select one of the other two and discuss a complementary program that addresses the same issue identified in the initial post which would give a complimentary and more comprehensive program? SECOND RESPONSE FROM STUDENT Heather F. This week our text addresses targeting crime prevention programs towards individuals, groups and community’s, I choose to address targeting crime prevention programs through the community. In our text it states that “A community is often treated synonymously with a neighborhood in criminology” (Robinson, M. B. (2013). A community is a group of neighbors who live close together and work together and to care for one another. There have been some studies on several theories on what causes crime in a community such as social disorganization theory, routine activity theory, and crime pattern theory. Social disorganization is where.

1. STUDENT FIRST RESPONSE from P EDWARDS
There are several avenues to take to approach crime prevention
programs towards groups. One crime prevention strategy for
groups is gang suppression. Gang suppression efforts are made
with the community, schools, and groups and those within are
used to help prevent gangs (Robinson, 2013). The weaknesses
in gang suppression are primarily when programs are geared
toward impacting communities. Studies indicate that school and
community based programs that focus on zero-tolerance
policing do not show any solid evidence that they are effective.
Schools have implemented anti-gang programs at within the
schools to discourage gang related activities. However, some
community based programs that are at a more individual level
are more likely to produce positive results and less likely to
participate in gang activities (Robinson, 2013).
Other strategy strengths focus more on the parent involvement
with the child's life. “To reduce the risk of children joining
gangs, COPS stresses the importance of parents spending time
with children; getting involved with their schools; knowing
children's friends and their parents; being a good role model;
enforcing good study habits; teaching kids to deal with peer
pressure, to resist bullying, and to resolve conflicts
nonviolently; and enrolling kids in after-school and other
recreational activities. COPS also suggests talking to your
children about the dangers of gangs and setting clear rules and
consequences for gang involvement, as well as getting actively
involved in your neighborhood” (Robinson, 2013, p. 4.4). The
presence of parent involvement encourages positive acceptable
behaviors promoting social behaviors and enables the parents to
be proactive in discouraging unacceptable behavior.
References
Robinson, M. (2013). Crime Prevention. San Diego, CA:
Bridgepoint Education, Inc.

2. (YOU NEED TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THIS
STUDENT’S RESPONSE IN 200 WORDS LENGTH. NOTHING
NEGATIVE BUT POSITIVE FEEDBACK WITH PROPER
GRAMMAR PRONUNCIATIONS AND SENTENCING.
After reviewing the initial post determine which area is targeted
- select one of the other two and discuss a complementary
program that addresses the same issue identified in the initial
post which would give a complimentary and more
comprehensive program?
SECOND RESPONSE FROM STUDENT Heather F.
This week our text addresses targeting crime prevention
programs towards individuals, groups and community’s, I
choose to address targeting crime prevention programs through
the community. In our text it states that “A community is often
treated synonymously with a neighborhood in criminology”
(Robinson, M. B. (2013). A community is a group of neighbors
who live close together and work together and to care for one
another. There have been some studies on several theories on
what causes crime in a community such as social
disorganization theory, routine activity theory, and crime
pattern theory. Social disorganization is where the
neighborhood is not socially organized to protect against crime.
Some examples of social disorganization is low friendship
networking, low levels of participation within the community
and low supervision on young people. Routine activity theory
occurs when three things come together: likely or motivated
offenders, suitable targets and someone not able to prevent the
criminal act. Crime pattern theory focuses on the criminal
event.
A few crime prevention programs that will help out the

3. community are neighborhood watch, cleaning up cities and
neighborhoods, and increasing citizen patrol. The strengths of
neighborhood watch is that everyone helps out and watches over
everyone in the neighborhood and looks for signs of anyone
committing a crime and them reporting it to the police before it
happens. Increasing citizen patrol will help deter criminals from
committing another crime if there are more chances of them
being caught. Cleaning up the cities will help get crime out of
the community. The weaknesses of these crime prevention
programs are with the neighborhood watch someone in the
neighborhood can take it to serious and go overboard with
watching over the community. Just like the Trayvon Martin and
George Zimmerman case where he took it upon his own hand
and go up to Trayvon and fatally shooting him because he
thought he was up to no good. With increasing citizen patrol
would mean the cost of hiring more officers would go up.
Robinson, M. B. (2013). Crime prevention. San Diego, CA:
Bridgepoint Education, Inc.
(YOU NEED TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THIS
STUDENT’S RESPONSE IN 200 WORDS LENGTH. NOTHING
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GRAMMAR PRONUNCIATIONS AND SENTENCING.
After reviewing the initial post determine which area is targeted
- select one of the other two and discuss a complementary
program that addresses the same issue identified in the initial
post which would give a complimentary and more
comprehensive program?
First Student Response from Student Joann Lobello
The problem analysis triangle or the crime triangle is the
situation where a person (handler) is an a location (manager)
where he has the opportunity (guardian) to commit a crime.
Those three components person + location + opportunity must
be available for a crime to be committed. Remove any one of
those components and the crime cannot be committed. In order

4. to use this as a prevention tool; one must first analyze the crime
and the situation. If there were safety precautions such as
surveillance cameras or even police of security guards on duty,
the opportunity to commit the crime would be greatly reduced.
Another way to eliminate the opportunity would be: “Target
Hardening: To decrease the ability of the criminal to physically
cause damage by such means as: “Improved Doors and
Windows. Improved Locks, Alarm Systems, Lighting”. (Wilcox.
2013.). If incarceration is a known consequence for criminal
behavior; this would be a huge deterrent to criminal behavior.
Often times criminals a very savvy in their knowledge of the
law and what their consequences will be for a specific
infraction. Positive punishment is a necessity in dealing with
criminal prevention. “In positive punishment, a particular
behavior or response is decreased or weakened when it is
followed by an aversive stimulus.” (DiLisi. 2013). This is the
theory that everything has consequences.
It is proven that more police activity and presence in high crime
areas is a great crime prevention tool, as is neighborhood
watches. The presence of anyone who is there to deter crime is
a very effective tool.
Reference:
DiLisi, M. (2013). Criminal Psychology. San Diego:
Bridgepoint Education, LLC.
(YOU NEED TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THIS
STUDENT’S RESPONSE IN 200 WORDS LENGTH. NOTHING
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GRAMMAR PRONUNCIATIONS AND SENTENCING.
The initial post focuses on the components of the problem
analysis triangle. Based on your classmates’ assessments of the
Crime Analysis Triangle and your readings, which area(s) do
you think would provide the greatest benefit in targeting your
crime prevention initiative selected for your Final Project?
When trying to determine the best response to crime, does it
help to look at the triangle from different perspectives before,
during, and after crimes? What considering crime from the

5. perspective of the victim or perpetrator?
SECOND RESPONSE FROM MICHELLE G.
The components of the problem analysis triangle are the three
inner components which would be the offender, target, and
location or place. This triangle helps the police think about
other things that are important like the victims involved and
where the crime took place. A newer version of the triangle has
an outer triangle around the inner triangle that are known as
controllers. So each outer triangle component is linked to the
inner triangle component. So the target is connected to the
capable guardian. This would be someone who is protecting the
criminal. This does not have to be just family, friends, or
associates. This could also include a guardian police officer or a
private security person. The controller for the offender would
be considered the handler. This is someone who is in the
position of taking care of that person. For example if a juvenile
was in trouble with the police the guardian or parent has control
over the situation instead of the juvenile since they are legally
not considered to be an adult. However, handlers do not just
mean that it is the parents or guardians responsibility. A handler
could also be people that are close to the offender like a
brother, sister, teacher, significant other, or friends. So if the
offender is over 18 that is where those handlers would come
into place. The controller for place is the manager. This is
someone who has some control over the place. For instance if a
crime was committed during class the teacher has some
responsibility for the behavior that takes place and could
possibly prevent an incident by managing the student in a
certain manner. The analysis triangle also connects with the
theory of duck, den, and wolf. The duck problem is considered

6. to be a person who comes in contact with potential offenders
often and are vulnerable, because they do not know that they are
going to be the next victim and this happens frequently, but by
different offenders. Also, what makes them to be considered a
duck is because they do not take measures to prevent being a
victim in the future. The den theory is where there are always
incidents in the same place, but always by different people. The
most common for this is probably a bar considering people are
drinking and their judgement on what is right and wrong is
impaired. The wolf theory is where certain places are targeted
because the offender sees their weakness and thrives off of it.
So they continue to commit crimes in the same types of
businesses but not the same one over and over again.
It is important to analyze crime and criminal issues so the law
enforcement can find common factors and come up with
strategies that they could use to prevent the crime in the future.
It helps us understand and develop crime prevention strategies
by seeing what the weaknesses are and finding ways to make
those weaknesses stronger so they are not so vulnerable. This
helps the police present crime prevention strategies to the
public informing them of what is going on and why. By being
able to say why by talking about the weaknesses and how to
make them stronger will give the public insight on how to keep
their guard up and see a potential crime in the making and be
able to prevent it with preventative measures.
References:
Clarke,R., & Eck,J. 2013. Crime Analysis for Problem Solvers
in 60 Small Steps. Department of Justice Pamphlet. Retrieved
from: http://vizedhtmlcontent.next.ecollege.com/pub/content
(YOU NEED TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THIS
STUDENT’S RESPONSE IN 200 WORDS LENGTH. NOTHING
NEGATIVE BUT POSITIVE FEEDBACK WITH PROPER
GRAMMAR PRONUNCIATIONS AND SENTENCING.
The initial post focuses on the components of the problem
analysis triangle. Based on your classmates’ assessments of the
Crime Analysis Triangle and your readings, which area(s) do

7. you think would provide the greatest benefit in targeting your
crime prevention initiative selected for your Final Project?
When trying to determine the best response to crime, does it
help to look at the triangle from different perspectives before,
during, and after crimes? What considering crime from the
perspective of the victim or perpetrator?