MCCCD Program Description

Criminal Justice Crime Control Policies and Practices

Course: AJS113

First Term: 2011 Summer I

Lecture 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s) 3 Load
Subject Type: Occupational
Load Formula: S

Description: Focus on changing the distribution of crime opportunities rather than offender motivation. Topics include application of situational crime prevention strategies, problem-oriented crime control approaches, hot spots policing, defensible space, and crime prevention through defensible space.

MCCCD Official Course Competencies
1. Identify major crime prevention/environmental theories. (I, IV) 2. Describe the four stages in the Scanning, Analysis, Response and Assessment (SARA) Model. (II) 3. Explain the uneven distributions crime in American society. (III) 4. Distinguish between the environmental perspective and traditional theories of criminality. (III) 5. Use environmental design theory to design crime control strategies. (I, III) 6. Discuss the major criticisms and ethical concerns relating to environmental crime prevention. (V)
MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements.

MCCCD Official Course Outline
I. Introduction to Environmental Criminology A. Focusing on criminal events B. Problem-oriented policing C. Crime opportunities D. Crime hot spots II. Problem Identification A. The Scanning, Analysis, Response, and Assessment(SARA) Model B. Data collection C. Crime opportunity structures D. The rational choice perspective III. Situational Crime Prevention A. Routine activities B. Types of controllers C. Crime pattern theory D. Offender targets IV. Crime Prevention through Environmental Design A. Defensible space B. Offender adaptation C. Crime displacement V. Criticisms of Environmental Criminology A. Crime mapping B. Challenges

MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: 6/28/2011

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