Crime Prevention Plan for the Liverpool Council - Case Study Assignment

Introduction

Students will be given a scenario for which they will develop a crime prevention plan to the Liverpool Council.

This plan will provide a recommendation as to what crime prevention theories and techniques as well as harm reduction approaches should be undertaken for the case provided.

Requirements:

• Minimum 5 literature is required, including at least 2 from the essential reading list. Literature can be ranged from peer-reviewed journal (i.e. journal articles from WSU e-resources) or book chapters. 
• Please DO NOT use wiki, blog, as resources - they won't be counted as literature. 
• Students are required to write a 2000-word (+/-10% leniency) crime prevention plan advising the Liverpool Council to deal with drug-related offences and drug using problems in Liverpool.
• Reference style: APA or Harvard 

Crime Prevention Plan Overview

Inroduction 

For this assignment, you are given a scenario for which you will develop a crime prevention plan for the Liverpool Council. This plan will provide a recommendation as to what crime prevention theories and techniques, as well as harm reduction approaches, should be undertaken for the case provided.

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Step 1: Read the scenario and qualitative data

Read the following scenario on which you will base your crime prevention plan.

Scenario

The Council of Liverpool is seeking written submissions from community members on its proposal to recommend crime prevention measures to deal with property crime in both residential and commercial areas, public drug use in the city centre, and the high number of people using drugs in Liverpool.

In addition, the council considers establishing a medically supervised drug injection centre in Liverpool city centre, as part of its crime prevention strategy. The council requires submission of a crime prevention plan proposal that covers the following areas:

1. Crime prevention measures that help to reduce the aforementioned crime problems in Liverpool.
2. Comments on the effectiveness and relevance of a medically supervised drug injection centre with regard to reducing drug-related crimes in Liverpool.

Qualitative data for risk and problem identification

You must read the qualitative data (scroll down, then you will find it in case scenario) collected by the Council of Liverpool, which will be useful for developing your crime prevention plan. You are required to use this data for problem and risk identification in your proposed crime prevention plan for the Council of Liverpool, NSW.

Step 2: Writing and structuring your crime prevention plan

Keep in mind the following points when developing your crime prevention plan for the Liverpool Council:

• You must complete and submit your assignment using the Template provided.
• Use double line spacing.
• Use headings where appropriate.
• Full sentences are required.
• Page numbers are required on each page.
• Use of a title page is optional.

Note: The reference list is not included in the word count.

Assignment criteria

1. Problem and risk identification.
2. Crime prevention approach analysis (including theory, strengths, and weaknesses).
3. Harm reduction approach (theory, relevance).
4. Quality of recommendation.
5. Academic literacy.

Case Scenario

Introduction 

You are required to submit a crime prevention plan for Council of Liverpool, NSW. The Council of Liverpool is seeking written submissions from community members on its proposal to recommend crime prevention measures to deal with property crime in both residential and commercial areas, public drug use in the city centre, and the high number of people using drugs in Liverpool.

In addition, the council considers establishing a medical supervised drug injection centre in Liverpool city centre, as part of its crime prevention strategy. The council requires submission of crime prevention plan proposal that covers the following areas:

1. Crime prevention measures that help to reduce the aforementioned crime problems in Liverpool
2. Comments on the effectiveness and relevance of a medically supervised drug injection centre with regard to reducing drug-related crimes in Liverpool.

Qualitative Data for Risk and Problems Identification 

Here is some of the qualitative data collected by Council of Liverpool, which is useful for developing your crime prevention plan. You are required use these data for problem and risk identification.

Participant 1: “Breaking-in is common in this area. I had experienced that three times last year. There is a drug addict living next-door and I suspected that it was done by him. My neighbours also experienced that. I guess, I am not sure if I am right, but we all suspected that it was because there are many drug users around. When they are out of money, they just break into your house, take your stuff to sell for buying drugs.”

Participant 2: “This area is safe in general, except theft. Yes, this happen in my store quite often, mostly done by drug users. They often come to my store without buying anything. You know, their behaviour is weird sometimes and scared away my customers. ”

Participant 3: “I do worry about my children’s safety to be honest. My daughter told me that those drug users often asking for spare change from her. Though they wouldn’t do anything if you refused them, I do worry about her safety – god knows if they would do anything further?”

Participant 4: “You know they (drug users) always hang around in front of my store, they might drive my customers away even they didn’t do anything and just hanging around.”

Participant 5: “Stores close pretty early here, and there is not sufficient lightning in the plaza. Some drug users would hang around in the plaza, and do injection at night, and leaving needles there. I almost sit on a used needle once. The plaza was too dark, so I didn’t notice the needle.”

Participant 6: “My area is not that vibrant compare to where I lived. It’s very quiet with no shops or any amenities around. People drive, so you seldom see people here. People just drive home straightaway, who would hang around in such boring residential area? Police petrol? You kidding, are you new to this area? CCTV? Well.. you could find that in the rail station but not here. I heard my neighbour that someone sneaked into her unit from backyard and stole her computer when she was having shower.”

Participant 7: “My son told me that there are some teens “sniffing” near the mall. Some of them selling those stuff (drug) near the station and mall. They did approach my son several times, and claim that they could offer him a free trial. It seems that they see drug as something for leisure and don’t see the harm. I wonder why they are unsupervised and have no knowledge about it. I don’t think my son would try that, but I do worry about other kids. Kids are ignorant .”

Crime Prevention Plan Structure Requirement

Part I

Introduction – Problems and Risks Identification

• Based on the facts provided in the assigned case, please provide a summary of:
  • key issues relevant to the problems
  • the problems and risk that needs to be addressed.
• Approximately 500 words

Part II

Recommendations: provide a recommendation, outline key crime prevention and harm reduction tactics to take to deal with problems and risks identified.

• Students are required to provide firm and explicit recommendations for the Council of Liverpool to deal with problems and risk identified.
• Recommended tactics should include both crime prevention AND harm reduction approaches.
• Provide concrete steps, practices, or procedures
• Recommendation should include:
  • Which crime prevention AND harm reduction tactics should they implement?
  • How do the recommended tactics address the key problems?
  • Which community stakeholders would be involved for implementing your recommendations (e.g. which community partners/organisations would be included) and how they would be involved for implementing your recommendations?
• Approximately 750 words

Part III

Justifications – Concepts applications and analysis

• Students are required to justify their recommendations based on the crime prevention AND harm reduction concepts.
  • What elements of which crime prevention AND harm reduction approaches support your recommendations?
• Outline the consequences of each approach
  • What are the strengths of that approach? What aspects of the problem does it address?
  • What are the weaknesses of that approach? What does it not address?
• Approximately 750 words

Formatting requirements:

• Use of template is required.
• DOUBLE-LINE SPACING
• Use headings where appropriate.
• Full sentences are required.
• Page numbers required on each page.
• Title-page optional