CMY2601- Community Safeguarding And Security
/Questions And Answers Graded (A+)
Quiz :Attempts to prevent crime by changing specific conditions in the
environment are the objective of ............... - Answer :secondary crime
prevention programmes.
Quiz :Which country focused on social and community development
programmes to prevent crime? - Answer :USA
Quiz :What aspects are considered as important elements of successful crime
prevention? - Answer :1 a multidimensional approach
2 a theoretical frame of reference
3 government and community involvement
Quiz :What is the reason/s that a comprehensive crime prevention policy does
not form part of the socioeconomic policies of African countries in the field of
crime prevention? - Answer :poverty and uneducated people
Quiz :What is/are the criterion/criteria used to determine whether a
programme is successful in preventing crime on a global scale? - Answer :the
fear of crime has diminished and there is the feeling that crime is under control
Quiz :What is one of the main problems in applying the biophysical prevention
model in a country like South Africa? - Answer :basic medical services are
insufficient
Quiz :On which factor does the psychological prevention model focus in
preventing
criminal behaviour? - Answer :people's inner needs and deviations
Quiz :What is/are the basic treatment techniques used by the psychological
prevention
model? - Answer :psychotherapy
Quiz :A combination of which treatment programmes is usually employed and
regarded
as successful? - Answer :biomedical, psychological and social
, Quiz :Which factor is regarded by Shoemaker (1984) as the main reason for
criminal
behaviour? - Answer :factors related to the individual himself/herself
Quiz :Describe the traditional or conservative model of crime prevention. -
Answer :The key issue is adherence to the law and crime control which
stipulates that crime prevention should be directed at addressing potential and
current violations of the law.
Quiz :Describe the mainstream or liberal model of crime prevention. -
Answer :The view that crime prevention is a social problem linked to individual
deficits and group disadvantages with the assumption that people, rather than
crime control, should be the starting point for change.
Quiz :describe the radical or conflict model of crime prevention. -
Answer :Crimes are seen to stem from power relations, which favour those
who own and control the means of production and thus oversee the overall
allocation of community resources.
Quiz :According to Seti (2007), local government in South Africa is expected to
play a greater role in crime prevention. Identify the three correct ways in
which this can be done: - Answer :- by establishing a metropolitan and
municipal police service which has the responsibility of crime prevention by
providing visible policing in urban areas
- by aligning resources and objectives within a crime prevention framework,
where crime and crime prevention are increasingly seen as central to the
planning of all municipal departments
- by initiating targeted crime prevention programmes which can either be
financially supported by local government or through business, donor or
national government funding
Quiz :The Khulisa Crime Prevention Initiative is a South African programme run
by a non-profit organisation serving some of the country's most vulnerable
members, namely ± in rural communities and urban , offenders and ex-
offenders, crime victims and others. - Answer :young adults
Quiz :Cost of crime to the community - Answer :(+) lives are directly or
indirectly affected by crime.
(+) People who feel unsafe because of crime in their neighbourhood become
less
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