An analysis of the methods used to effectively tackle crime

The Police and there role

Preventing crime

Detecting a crime and catching the offenders

The detection of crime is mainly to do with how the police handle it and how the different departments in the police work together i.e.

• Police constables
• C.I.D
• Scenes of crime
• CCTV operatives

For example the police constables (like outline above) may be the first point of contact that a victim of crime or offender comes into contact with and in effect a police constable has to collect evidence along side the scenes of crime operatives. Following this stage witness statements are collected so that a broader picture of what actually happened can be developed.  

Conclusion – how they all link up

When looking at the methods of tackling crime in a more logical manner (hence braking each section down into tackling, preventing and detection) then it is easier to see how each section connects together for example diversion techniques (from the tackling category) can be used in the many different ways such as the encouragement and introduction of local youth clubs or after school clubs (from the prevention list) which as outlined above gives children a chance to use there free time positively rather than negatively. Also if you were to link the prevention of crimes and the detections of crimes together then providing that the preventions in place were effective e.g. CCTV this would in effect bring down the overall detection rates for crimes.