• E4J University Module Series: Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

• Module 2: Crime Prevention

• Introduction and learning outcomes

• Key issues

  • Topic 1:  Definition of crime prevention and terminology
  • Topic 2:  Key crime prevention typologies
  • Topic 2 cont.:  Detailed explanation of Tonry and Farrington's typology
  • Topic 3:  Crime problem-solving approaches
  • Topic 4:  What works
  • Summary
  • References

• Exercises

• Case studies

• Possible class structure

• Core reading

• Advanced reading

• Student assessment

• Additional teaching tools

• Further resources

• • United Nations entities
  • Regional crime prevention councils / institutions
  • Key clearinghouses
  • Systematic reviews

• Guidelines to develop a stand-alone course

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• First published in March 2019
  

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  This module is a resource for lecturers  

 

Possible class structure

 

A recommended lesson plan is provided here. The lesson plan provides indicative timing for the individual lesson elements. Predicting the time it will take to move through content and exercises is difficult and will depend on the size of the student group, the level of students (undergraduate or postgraduate), the capacity of the students, the familiarity with the topic area, the pre-reading completed prior to attending the class and myriad issues associated with the local learning context. Consequently, it is recommended that time be invested in preparing for the lesson by working through the content and the exercises. The Further resources section also provides useful references and links, including regional crime prevention bodies.

Note that the exercises have been numbered to reflect the session that they relate to (i.e. 1, 2, 3, etc.) and the number of the exercise which runs sequentially (i.e. 1.1, 1.2, 2.3, 3.4 etc.).

Topic	Time	Slides	Exercises
Welcome and introductions	5 min	1 and 2	Icebreakers if time permits.
Definition	10 min	3 and 4	1.1  Discussing the definition 1.2  Deciding what is crime prevention
Terminology	10 min	5 and 6	2.3  Defining key terms
Typologies / models	85 min	7-22	3.4  Public health typology 3.5  Tonry and Farrington typology 3.6  Risk factors 3.7  Challenges of developmental prevention 3.8  Programmes to build collective efficacy 3.9  Challenges of delivering community prevention 3.10  25 opportunity-reduction techniques 3.11  Action research methodology 3.12  Displacement and diffusion of benefits 3.13  Policing for prevention 3.14  Prisons
Crime problem-solving techniques	30 min	23-26	4.15  Crime problem-solving video 4.16  Crime problem
What works	20 min	27-29	5.17  Campbell Collaboration 5.18  EMMIE
Summary and conclusion	10 min	30-32	6.19  Video and questions

 

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