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The approach to crime prevention based on increased surveillance (such as CCTV and Neighborhood Watch schemes) and target hardening (such as a car immobilizers and better home security) is known as what ?

Correct answer: C. situational crime prevention

  • A. the new criminology
  • B. broken windows theory
  • C. situational crime prevention
  • D. deviance reduction theory

Explanation

Situational crime prevention reduces opportunities for offending through measures such as CCTV, neighbourhood surveillance, immobilizers, and improved locks. Broken-windows theory explains disorder and enforcement responses, but it is not the name of this opportunity-reduction approach.

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