Crime Prevention Strategies
This worksheet explores various strategies and concepts related to crime prevention for Grade 9 social studies students.
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Crime Prevention Strategies
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Read each question carefully and provide your best answer based on your understanding of crime prevention.
1. Which of the following is an example of a situational crime prevention strategy?
After-school programs for at-risk youth
Increased police patrols in a high-crime area
Counselling services for offenders
Public awareness campaigns about drug abuse
2. Which theory suggests that visible signs of crime and disorder, like broken windows, encourage further crime?
Social Disorganization Theory
Broken Windows Theory
Strain Theory
Labeling Theory
3. Community policing involves collaboration between the police and the community to identify and solve problems.
True
False
4. Crime prevention only focuses on deterring potential offenders and does not involve supporting victims.
True
False
5. Environmental design that reduces opportunities for crime is known as Crime Prevention Through Environmental (CPTED).
6. Programs that aim to address the root causes of crime, such as poverty or lack of education, are examples of crime prevention.
7. Briefly explain the concept of 'target hardening' in crime prevention and provide one example.
Match each term on the left with its definition on the right.
8. Deterrence
a. Making a potential crime target more difficult to attack.
9. Incapacitation
b. Preventing crime by making potential offenders fear punishment.
10. Target Hardening
c. Removing an offender from society to prevent future crimes.
11. Discuss the roles of individuals, communities, and government in effective crime prevention. Provide specific examples for each.
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