A simple but profound shift in thinking has helped police organisations to realise new gains in crime control, crime reduction, victimisation, and fear. Many westernised police agencies have adopted prevention as the overarching goal of policing, rather than as a specialised function or set of activities. Understanding prevention as the strategic goal of the policing process puts into practice Sir Robert Peel’s ninth principle of policing: “The test of police efficiency is the absence of crime and disorder, not the visible evidence of police action in dealing with them”.
Posted on: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 10:46:47 +0000