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Nov 02, 2015 Letters

Dear Editor,
Your editorial on today’s date caption Murderers and Criminals where you highlighted the problems facing the country in respect to crime.
In a letter date 7th August 2012,  I outlined  the three crime prevention measures that are needed to help to reduce the incidence of crime situational, social and tertiary crime prevention. You mention the role of government in helping to reduce crime.
This is very important because it’s the Government’s responsibility to protect its citizens from criminal activity. Situational crime prevention
· reduces the opportunities for criminals to commit crime
· changes criminals’ ideas about whether they can get away with a particular crime
· makes it seem harder, riskier, and less rewarding to commit crime
The present Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, has adopted a proactive approach in fighting crime more than any Minister within the region in my opinion. His approach have demonstrated that crime if tackled from that level of government could help in reducing crime.
The closing of night time parties to 2 AM will successfully control of violence through deflecting offenders (for example, by preventing the congregation of large groups of drunken persons  at bar-closing time or through situational controls on alcohol and weapons
The Amnesty programme which he implemented is a situational crime prevention method and as you stated was a success. Government must strengthen its laws as it relates to crime where such laws could be seen as a deterrent.
The public have a role to play in helping to reduce crime however; the public have lost confidence in the police because of reasons known to them.
It’s the duty of the Police Force and the Minister of Public Security to restore the public confidence in the police. If this is achieved, it will assist greatly in reducing crime.
Social crime prevention focuses on the social and economic conditions that contribute to violent and criminal behaviour.
This approach tends to include crime prevention measures that take some time to produce the intended results. This may include action to improve housing, health and educational achievement, as well as improved community cohesion through community development measures.
This is where the business community can be of considerable help in reducing crime. The business community should take on a more proactive role within the community wherever possible, for example sponsoring sports clubs to assist in the cleaning up of certain deprived neighborhoods and whereever possible jobs for the youth.
More recent international research tends to highlight a few identifiable risk factors that contribute to high levels of crime. These include:
• Poverty and unemployment deriving from social exclusion particularly from youths.
• Dysfunctional families with uncaring and incoherent parental attitudes, violence and parental conflicts • Social valuation of a culture of violence
• Presence of facilitators such as firearms and drugs
• Discrimination and exclusion deriving from sexist, racist or other forms of oppression
• Degradation of urban environments and social bonds
These factors alert us to two main points. Firstly, youth should be a primary and essential focus for crime prevention. Many of the factors that lead to crime are ones that require early intervention. The prevention of crime – in many instances – translates into the prevention of juvenile delinquency. Secondly, the built-in environment can impact on crime and can therefore be manipulated to reduce levels of crime.
Tertiary crime prevention focuses on the operation of the criminal justice system and deals with offending after it has happened. The primary focus is on intervening in the lives of known offenders in an attempt to prevent them from re -offending either through periods of incarceration, community-based sanctions, or monitoring during periods of probation. Criminal justice system responses also seek to deter other potential offenders in the community by making an example of the convicted offender and educating the community concerning the penalties associated with crime.
Morris Springer

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