The Path to Crime Prevention

Everybody talks about preventing crime, but most of us have no idea how to accomplish that goal. But preventing crime is within your reach, and so is showing that path to others. Here are some suggestions that will help prevent crime and victimization

1. Write to lawmakers and civic officials and express your concerns about victimization.
2. Organize a local group of interested people into an action team, and discuss ways to raise awareness and reduce victimization.
3. Everybody should share instances of victimization they observe through crime prevention websites or blogs and keep aware of what’s happening around them.
4. Remember, when citizens within their own community become actively involved in watching, caring, and protecting their neighborhood, criminal activity is reduced! Active participation is the only way crime watchers can effectively deter criminal behavior.
5. It’s never too early for children to learn about crime prevention. Parents can encourage children by teaching them to read articles about crime prevention.
6. Teachers should also get involved in educating their students in crime prevention activities by conducting crime prevention events (visit www.ncpc.org/training for ideas).
7. Support organizations that help people bring awareness of crime prevention activities by donating to them.
8. Think of crime prevention itself. That will keep you away from crime.
9. Government should work toward recidivism. If offenders are uneducated and unskilled, they will be likely to commit crimes again.
10. We should not only think of crime prevention, but also try to control the factors at the root of crime. The causes of crime include economic situations and poverty and poor social environments and family structures. Children are closely linked to these factors; the offender of tomorrow is often the vulnerable child of today. So we need to teach our children about acceptable social behavior and be supportive of them in any situation.
11. Education is a companion that no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate, no despotism can enslave.

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