• 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  

 

Student assessment

 

To assess students' understanding of the Module, the following post-class assignments are proposed:

1.  Quiz: pose the questions in Exercise 6.19.

2.  Small exercise: ask students to analyse the crime risks in a local public space and to prepare a short report on ways of tackling these local crime problems.

3.  Essay: write an essay describing the four major types of crime prevention.

 

Next: Additional teaching tools

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