Discuss how successful situational and social crime prevention strategies are in achieving compliance in regard to criminal law
Situational and social crime prevention strategies have been mostly successful in achieving compliance with criminal law amongst certain categories of crime.
Nice simple and straight to the point; good start. You could first give a justification of WHY crime prevention is a necessity in the criminal justice system (improves efficiency, etc). Situational crime prevention aims to reduce the opportunity for crime through a pragmatic approach by altering opportunistic premise and modifying environmental factors to limit offenders from engaging in criminal behaviour.
I wouldn't normally say a definition is necessary - If you are desperate for cutting words it could be worth a look? But this is a hand in task(?) so perhaps a little different. Whilst the NSW government has partnered with communities to implement situational strategies to increase adherence with the law, the justification for widespread CCTV has been questioned with privacy concerns causing debate.
Nice set up of the topics of discussion without elaborating, great. Social crime prevention attempts to address the underlying social factors that may lead to criminal behaviour. According to criminologist, Dr. Clancy, the most effective way of preventing local crime and increasing compliance with the law is through early intervention schemes such as youth mentoring and education plans to protect individual rights.
I think a direct quote here could work a little better than just paraphrasing, but that's a personal preference. This is further exemplified in the town of Bourke where social crime prevention strategies have been highly effective in increasing compliance with the law. However social crime prevention has been mostly ineffective for offenders of ATSI decent with statistics from the AIC and BOSCAR indicating that recidivism rates are high.
Perhaps a little too much into specifics this time - Try not to give any evidence at this point; summarise the topics you'll discuss and move on. Despite this, The December 2016 BOSCAR report indicated a decrease in 16 out of all 17 major offences. In this way, preventative measures have been mostly effective in enhancing compliance with the law despite grey-areas.
A great introduction on the whole! I think you could trim words by cutting back on the summaries (too much into evidence) and perhaps cutting the definitions out if you don't need them - A HSC essay under exam conditions would not need them.
Situational crime prevention strategies have been highly effective in creating supportive environments that decrease the risk of crime.
Great introduction, sets up an evaluation immediately. They aim to enhance compliance with the law by deterring individuals through the manipulation of environments such as installing CCTV and alarm systems. The ABC News article “Sydney crime falling ad prevention strategies yield results” includes criminologist, Dr. Garner Clancey’s: “Models of Crime Prevention”. The report suggests various situational mechanisms to reduce local crime by increasing compliance with the law such as; installing locks and alarms, improving electronic security, increasing lighting, and making buildings harder to enter.
Nice use of media/report there; I'd like to see a statistic as proof that the measures are working! These mechanisms are highly effective as they aim to increase compliance, in a resource efficient way, to protect the society at large. Additionally, the NSW government has announced the additional funding to the “NSW Community Safety Fund” allowing local communities to apply for a $250,000 grant for projects designed specifically to prevent crime in their respective vicinity.
Excellent use of a legal response, that ISN'T a case or a law - Many students forget to use these. Great work. This is a highly effective measure displaying resource efficiency and equitable funding as strategies are implemented to correlate with the direct needs of the community. In this way, situational crime prevention strategies have been highly effective in meeting the needs of the greater community by increasing compliance with the law through the deterrence of criminal activity.
Not much to say about this paragraph, I think it is near perfect! Perhaps a LITTLE more evaluation in the earlier half, but the media/report you are discussing does admittedly make that a little tough.Though most situational crime prevention strategies have been effective in increasing compliance with the law, the use of CCTV has been criticized immensely, raising concerns over privacy and resource efficiency.
Fabulous. The Sydney Morning Herald article, “Facing up to the law: increasing surveillance raises privacy concerns”, has exposed statistics from a report by police in London, showing that only 1 crime was solved per 1000 cameras. This highlights the ineffectiveness of CCTV as it lacks resource efficiency by showing no indication of preventing the incidence of crime.
Excellent use of evidence with immediate evaluation - You've settled into a nice 'point-evaluate' structure here that flows well! Additionally, The president of Australian Councils for Civil Liberties, Terry O’Gorman, stated that it was “troubling that such CCTV technologies have no monitoring on the impacts on privacy.” This raises the issue that the rights of the individual and the community are not being protected, as they are unaware of the uses of these images. Conversely, the 2016 BOSCAR report indicated that stealing from a retail store had an upward trend of 6.4% across NSW; underlining the issue that situational crime prevention is highly ineffective in this area. This may be as a result of self-serve checkouts in supermarkets and inefficient alarm systems that promote non-compliance amongst individuals. Thus, situational crime prevention has been some-what in effective in enhancing compliance with the law.
I would say that the last few sentences of this paragraph went off track a little bit; you've started the paragraph saying you'll focus on CCTV, then you stray from that to a more general argument. You need to either start more general or keep the focus on CCTV (CCTV can play a big role either way) 
Social crime prevention has been extremely effective in addressing the underlying factors that affect criminal behaviour to enhance compliance with the law. To overcome non-compliance with the law, according to former crime prevention consultant and senior lecture at the University of Sydney, Dr. Garner; the most effective way of preventing local crime and increasing compliance with the law is through social crime prevention strategies and early intervention schemes. This includes youth mentoring and education plans that support individuals, primarily the youth, who have an increased chance of falling into crime in later life. These programs aim to target the various factors that affect criminal behaviour by supporting youth in regards to social and psychological determinants.
We are already halfway through the paragraph without any real evaluation or analysis - If you are looking for words to trim, the sentences above could be worth. look. This enhances compliance with the law, is extremely resource efficient and protects the rights of the individual and the offender, making it an extremely effective measure.
Have any proof of these statements? ABC News article, “Backing Bourke: How a radical new approach is saving young people from a life of crime’, illustrates the effectiveness of social crime prevention in increasing compliance in the town of Bourke. Three years ago, Bourke was ranked the highest in NSW for breaching and non-complying with the law for offences such as bail, assault, domestic violence and more.
The tone there when you say "and more" shifts a little from the analytical, academic tone that you want. Be careful not to make this a recount. I'd just write "such as bail, assault, and domestic violence." The introduction of the “Justice Reinvestment” scheme aimed to reorientate services with the focus on a more social approach through the establishment of education programs, free driving programs, and crackdowns on domestic violence. Following this scheme, the number of driving offences has been the lowest in 10 years; kindergarten students are more prepared for schooling, and crime rates have decreased.
I would compress all of those points into, "The introduction of the "Justice Reinvestment Scheme" in Bourke NSW, saw significant reductions in crime rates (particularly driving offences), as exemplified in the article ________. This shows the effectiveness of ______." Or something. A lot of unnecessary description; even when presenting a case study, it needs to be analysis focused! Case details are not super important. The strategy demonstrates resource efficiency and high responsiveness as it met the community’s needs, protecting the rights of the youth. In this way, social crime prevention has been extremely effective in increasing compliance with the law with a decrease in crime rates in Bourke.
This paragraph can definitely be streamlined, but definitely still effective.Whilst social crime prevention aims to address the underlying factors of criminal behaviour, it has been highly ineffective in addressing the needs of released inmates following jail, as non-compliance and re-offending rates are extremely high.
Nice point to make - Gives rationale to the two points of view you are exploring. According to the Australian Institute of Criminology, 60% of those in custody in Australia have been imprisoned before. Recidivism is influenced by a range of socio-cultural, socio-economic and environmental factors. The Sydney Morning Herald article, “Aboriginal jail rates increase by 50%, but rehab fails to reduce re-offending”, exposes the alarming imprisonment rate amongst Aboriginal Australians that has increased by an alarming 52% over a decade. Indigenous people are missing out on rehab programs because they do not spend enough time in jail to qualify, or cannot access culturally appropriate services.
A little tone issue there again - "missing out on rehab programs" is what triggered it. I'm not sure how to fix it, but it has again slipped into a bit more of a conversational tone if that makes sense? This highlights the ineffectiveness of social crime prevention in achieving compliance, as measures do not target the needs to the ATSI community. There are limited social programs available for released prisoners, and those that exist lack accessibility. Additionally, ABC’s Four Corners Program: Australia’s Shame, highlighted the abuse juvenile justice facilities impose against Indigenous young people, to represent the beginning of a cycle of incarceration and re-offending. This strengthens the extreme ineffectiveness of social crime prevention tactics that, in this case, enhance non-compliance with the law. As a result, these measures have been breached the rights Indigenous offenders and failed to increase compliance with the law.
Again a little structural issue here - You've focused on indigenous offenders but that didn't get a mention in your intro. Your introduction and conclusion for every paragraph should match up perfectly and discuss the same thing!Compliance with the law is achieved through a range of situational and social crime prevention strategies with each measure displaying varying levels of effectiveness. Situational crime prevention has been mostly effective in deterring crime and enhancing compliance with the law on a community basis. The NSW Community Safety Fund demonstrates equitable resource efficiency to correlate with the needs of community’s to target areas of assistance. However, CCTV footage lacks effectiveness by showing no indication of reducing crime rates and imposing privacy concerns amongst the greater community.
If you are looking to trim words, you definitely don't need to go back into your evidence in this much detail. I'd go one sentence for situational, one sentence for social, to summarise everything. This would be an easy way to bring your word count down, if it feels right to you. This exemplifies a breach of individual rights and a lack of resource efficiency that fails to directly increase compliance with the law. On the other hand, social crime prevention has been highly effective in reducing crime rates, primarily in the town of Bourke. The “Justice Reinvestment” strategy demonstrated resource efficiency and high responsiveness as it met the community’s needs by decreasing crime rates – as a result of the individual’s adherence to the law. However, the SMH article exposed the ineffectiveness of social crime prevention in the area of re-offending. Due to a lack of culturally appropriate services and maltreatment in correctional care, various measures have been breached the rights Indigenous offenders and failed to increase compliance with the law by lacking resource efficiency. Whilst crime prevention has increased compliance with the law amongst most categories of crime, more action needs to be taken to decrease crime rates even more, especially in the area of re-offending.
Little tone issue, "even more," not quite academic. This may be enhanced through situational and social crime prevention strategies that aim to target specific community needs. In this way, compliance with the law is increased to create balance within the community to protect the greater community at large.
On the whole, a great conclusion!
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