Sentence examples for situational measures from inspiring English sources

Adaptation refers to the longer-term process of populations of offenders seeking to overcome situational measures (Clarke and Bowers 2017).

An underlying principle was that situational measures needed to be directed at specific forms of crime based on a thorough understanding of the circumstances that encouraged them.

Given that situational measures have potential for "diffusion of benefits" (the idea that focused crime prevention efforts can sometimes bring benefits beyond the targeted settings, (Clarke and Weisburd 1994) this could be a highly effective approach for reducing ransom kidnappings.

Embedded in the rational choice approach, situational crime prevention focuses on the implementation of situational measures to reduce criminal opportunities or control crime precipitators (Cornish and Clarke 2003; Wortley 2001).

Violence at and related to major public sporting and other events has been greatly reduced through situational measures including alcohol controls, organised transportation of fans, in-stadia segregation of rival fans and their monitored departure.

An extremely high volume acquisitive crime that also appears to have declined since the 1990s is shoplifting: Tilley (2010) lists 31 mainly situational measures that are likely responsible from the meeting-and-greeting of customers to RFID-tags or locked cabinets for frequently stolen products.

This was because the results showed that reducing opportunities through situational prevention measures did reduce the amount of crime that occurred.

They attributed this finding to the standard adoption in vulnerable housing types of situational prevention measures, such as perimeter fences and security guards, to improve domestic safety.

Interestingly, despite the fact that a majority of offenders did not abuse children onsite of the organisation (Leclerc and Cale 2015) many of their prevention suggestions had a focus on situations; many suggestions gave rise to a large range of potential situational prevention measures in the organisations themselves.

Many more domestic properties in Brazil have situational prevention measures, such as perimeter fences and security guards, implemented as standard to improve domestic safety.

The studies would provide the kind of detailed information required for designing and implementing situational prevention measures.