crime control strategy development
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Comprehensive Crime Control Strategy Development
Moving beyond crime fighting tactics
Crime Control Strategy
Few police departments use a crime control strategy development process or methodology. Most departments develop and deploy anticrime tactics. These are usually resource specific, one dimensional tactics designed to counter a specific crime type for a specific period of time in a specific geographic area. A comprehensive crime control strategy encompasses a number of tactics across the entire criminal justice spectrum that are designed to disrupt specific crime types from several angles over a long period of time. The benefit of a successful strategy as compared to a successful tactic, is a strategy targets the crime in such a way as to permanently deny criminals the opportunity to commit the specific crime.
Elements of a Crime Control Strategy Process• Risk Assessment• Analyze the target crime• Gain an understanding of engagement points within the
criminal justice system; from before a crime occurs through offender re-entry
• Develop crime-specific tactics for engagement points• Develop a strategic communications plan in support of the
strategy• Identify opportunities to leverage technology in support of
specific tactics and the overall strategy• Identify performance measurement objects for the strategy
and measure against those objectives on a set period; i.e. integrate into COMPSTAT
Risk Assessment
Risk assessment helps police departments to prioritize their effort, maximize resource utilization and to understand the at-risk populations within their community•Assessment of crime: prevalence of crime by crime type; determine target crimes based on community expecations•Assessment of vulnerabilities as they relate to the target crimes
• Vulnerable populations• Vulnerable locations
Analysis of the target crime
• Determine specific aspects of the crime type where you can focus your tactics; i.e. burglary requires a location, robbery requires a personal interaction between victim and perpetrator, vehicle burglary requires a vehicle.
• Determine perpetrator profiles for each crime type – Who are the people committing the crime? Know your criminal!
• Are they criminals of opportunity, or organized criminal enterprises?
Criminal Justice Engagement Points
Offender re-entry program
• Forensic Evidence & Crime Scene Processing
• Intelligence-Led Policing• Proactive policing teams• Intelligence support for
operations• Property Marking • Looking Beyond the Plate• Data-Driven Approaches to
Crime and Traffic Safety (DDACTS)
Develop crime-specific tactics for engagement points
• Justice Advocate Program
Pre-crime Arrest Prosecution Corrections Re-entry
Offender re-entry program
• Forensic Evidence & Crime Scene Processing
• Intelligence-Led Policing• Proactive policing teams• Intelligence support for
operations• Property Marking • Looking Beyond the Plate• Data-Driven Approaches to
Crime and Traffic Safety (DDACTS)
Develop a strategic communications plan
• Justice Advocate Program
Pre-crime Arrest Prosecution Corrections Re-entry
Strategic Communications
Technology
Offender re-entry program
• Forensic Evidence & Crime Scene Processing
• Intelligence-Led Policing• Proactive policing teams• Intelligence support for
operations• Property Marking • Looking Beyond the Plate• Data-Driven Approaches to
Crime and Traffic Safety (DDACTS)
Identify opportunities to leverage technology
• Justice Advocate Program
Pre-crime Arrest Prosecution Corrections Re-entry
Strategic Communications
Identify performance measurement objects
• Use a system of comparative performance measurement, such as COMPSTAT, to measure effectiveness of the strategy on a periodic basis
• Modify the strategy as necessary to incorporate new tactics or technologies
Make it comprehensive and the results with be significant and sustained!
Physical Security
Crime Prevention
Offender Tracking
Public EducationProactive Policing
Problem-solving Policing
