Crime Prevention Strategies
This worksheet helps 7th-grade students understand various crime prevention strategies and their importance in building safer communities.
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. This worksheet will help you understand different ways to prevent crime and promote safety in your community.
1. Which of the following is an example of a proactive crime prevention strategy?
Calling the police after a crime has occurred
Installing security cameras in a public park
Interviewing witnesses after a robbery
Responding to an emergency call
2. Neighborhood Watch programs encourage citizens to be and report suspicious activities to the authorities.
3. Good lighting in public spaces can help deter crime by increasing and making potential criminals feel more exposed.
4. Leaving your doors and windows unlocked when you leave your home is a good crime prevention practice.
True
False
5. Community policing involves collaboration between law enforcement and local citizens to identify and solve crime problems.
True
False
6. Describe one way individuals can practice personal safety to prevent becoming a victim of crime.
Match each crime prevention term on the left with its definition on the right.
7. Target Hardening
a. Making a location less attractive to criminals
8. Situational Crime Prevention
b. Increasing the effort needed to commit a crime
9. Community Policing
c. Collaboration between police and citizens
10. Explain how a strong sense of community can contribute to crime prevention. Provide at least two specific examples.