Strategy and concept on urban crime prevention

Sosholovski, Ljupcho and Jovanovski, Zoran and Cikarski, Zoran (2019) Strategy and concept on urban crime prevention. Journal of Criminology and Criminal Law, 57 (3). pp. 139-149. ISSN 1820-2969

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Abstract

For running a successful crime prevention program it is especia¬lly important to have a multidisciplinary approach and involvement of different stakeholders of society in crime prevention. Adopting the stra¬tegy, as well as (short and long term) programs of crime prevention at the local level is the first step that the local government needs to un¬dertake. These documents should be in line with the national strategy for crime prevention and international norms. They represent the fra¬mework for defining the objectives that the local government wants to achieve, indicators of crime and deviant behaviour at the local level, the sectors that will be involved in prevention and their role. Good manage¬ment and leadership in coordinating body (local government councilfor crime prevention) composed of representatives of various entities, asse¬ssment and evaluation of the measures and activities undertaken for a certain period, and rewarding based on the results achieved, represent activities which should be seen as a cycle.
In the crime prevention council at the local level all relevant sta¬keholders that can contribute to more effective crime prevention should take part, including police, health care, educational institutions, judicia¬ry, NGOs, religious groups, business sector, etc. Through cross sectoral approach, the council should reduce the overlapping of competencies in specific activities and programs that would consequentially direct hu¬man and material resources to crime prevention, but also unify the in¬dividual actions of,, heterogeneous " subjects in homogeneous team that would be capable to cope with challenges.

Keywords: local government, multidisciplinary approach, crime prevention

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Social Sciences > Law
Divisions:	Military Academy
Depositing User:	Zoran Jovanovski
Date Deposited:	03 May 2022 10:05
Last Modified:	03 May 2022 10:05
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/29640

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