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Intellectum 2008
Crime Prevention Dreams and Nightmares in Risk Societies. Beware the Greeks Bearing Security GiftsKeywords: Risk society , crime prevention , interference , anti-crime policy , management of fear , insecurity , civil society , consensus model of societal organization , criminality , social integration , environmental prevention , community policing , crime control , community security policies , model of community organization , zero-tolerance , Prevention Action Project , European anti-criminal policy Abstract: Nowadays, crime prevention means many intervention strategies directed towards the reduction of causes and opportunities for criminal activities before they occur. In the European Union the issue of anti-criminal policy has been the target of many special programs, but there does not exist a unified anti-criminal policy yet. In the present article the prevention policies of various European countries are examined and the fear of crime and its management are analysed in particular.
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