NCJ Number
39960
Date Published
1973
Length
20 pages
Annotation
THE AUTHOR OUTLINES A PREVENTION MODEL OF CRIME CONTROL WHICH UTILIZES THE FINDINGS OF BIOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY, URBAN DESIGN, AND ENVIRONMETAL PSYCHOLOGY TO EXERCISE DIRECT CONTROLS ON THE ENVIRONMENT IN ORDER TO PREVENT CRIME.
Abstract
CONTENDING THAT THE PREVENTION OF CRIME MUST BE THE GOAL OF CRIMINOLOGY, THE AUTHOR OUTLINES A MODEL WHICH 1) EMPHASIZES PREVENTION BEFORE THE CRIME IS COMMITTED, 2) FOCUSES ON THE ENVIRONMENT, NOT ON THE INDIVIDUAL OFFENDER, AND 3) USES DIRECT CONTROLS OVER BEHAVIOR RATHER THEN INDIRECT CONTROLS. BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON BEHAVIOR ARE EXAMINED, INCLUDING THE EFFECTS OF HEREDITY, BRAIN FUNCTIONS, AND THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT. BASED ON THIS, THE AUTHOR SUGGESTS SEVERAL FORMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL FOR ALTERATION OF BEHAVIOR PATHOLOGIES....DMC