Reducing Incarceration Rates in Australia Through Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Crime Prevention

Autor:	Michael McGreevy, Dennis R. McDermott, Samantha Battams, Toni Delany-Crowe, Fran Baum, Lester Wright, Matthew Fisher
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	050901 criminology 05 social sciences Criminology 16. Peace & justice 0506 political science Crime reduction Crime prevention Political science 050602 political science & public administration Criminal justice policy Justice (ethics) 0509 other social sciences 10. No inequality Law
Zdroj:	Criminal Justice Policy Review. 32:618-645
ISSN:	1552-3586 0887-4034
DOI:	10.1177/0887403420979178
Popis:	In Australia, incarceration rates have steadily increased since the 1980s, providing an imperative for crime prevention. We explored the extent to which Australian justice sector policies were aimed at preventing crime, using a framework for “primary, secondary and tertiary” crime prevention. We analyzed policies and legislation ( n = 141) across Australian jurisdictions (a census was undertaken from May to September 2016, with policies spanning from 1900 to 2022). We found a strong focus on tertiary crime prevention, with recidivism rather than root causes of crime problematised. We also found little focus on primary crime prevention, despite some high-level cross sectoral strategies designed to prevent crime. In this paper, we will use the framework of Bacchi’s “what’s the problem?” approach, considering levels of crime prevention, social determinants of health, and discourses surrounding crime. We discuss policy implications and make suggestions for policy reform and accountability mechanisms to reduce crime and incarceration.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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