Crime Prevention

Crime Prevention

Crime has plagued societies throughout history, but the prevalence of various types of crimes has changed over time. International and cross-cultural comparisons of crime exhibit interesting trends. (Flannery, 1999) The emergence of transnational crime is a trend that reflects the growing interdependence of nations. While U.S. crime rates exploded beginning in the 1960s, the crime dip since the 1990s has been a major development that has attracted a variety of explanations.

Throughout most of history, preventing crime and responding to criminal behavior was the purview of the victim, his or her family, and community residents. There was no police force ...