Session 13 - Crime prevention, education and innovative methods
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Chair: Dr. Asifa Iqbal, Högskola i Gävle
Speakers:
Tracking the development of coping strategies for police recruits through a network approach
Stacey Clifton, Radford University, USA, Email: saclifton@radford.edu
Police officers, especially rural police officers face added strains from the job, leading to higher suicide rates and lack of availability for mental health aid. This study seeks to understand how new recruits are socialized into the police subculture and how this affects their approach to handle the stress they will face on the job. Results indicate that networks are a vital component of being socialized into the police subculture and this socialization process affects the development of coping strategies among recruits.
Educating women and teachers in rural Satara to respond to and prevent sexual violence, Elsa Marie D’ Silva, Red Dot Foundation, India & USA, Email: elsamarieds@gmail.com
Red Dot Foundation is best known for its work in crowdsourcing anonymous reports of sexual violence through its platform Safecity. But not far from Mumbai and Pune, in the district of Satara, there is limited internet connectivity and poor access amongst women to digital devices. Therefore Red Dot Foundation had to adapt to the needs of the people in raising awareness on sexual violence. From "talking boxes" to engaging the villagers during religious festivals to getting the Village Head (Sarpanch) to appoint a head woman to collect the data. The session will highlight how youth were engaged to be peer educators on sexual violence and agents of change in pushing for reform on their college and school campuses from hiring counselors to education modules on child sexual abuse prevention to policies that safeguard their rights.
The role of modern technology in rural situational crime prevention, James Aransiola, University of Campinas, Brazil, email: temidayo.aransiola@hotmail.com
The application of technology for situational crime prevention (SCP), so as the researches in regard, has been urban-centric. To fill this gap, this study investigates the use of modern technologies (CCTV, alarms, drones, and sensors) in rural contexts. The analysis reviews reports published after the year 2000, focusing on studies that present evidence for technologies’ impact on crime (property and wildlife crimes) in rural contexts. While findings show that the use of modern technology in crime prevention in rural areas is rare, its application has increased in the last decade, most notably in countries of the Global North. In all rural cases, these technologies are supplements of conventional SCP measures. The chapter concludes with suggestions for both practice and research.
Speakers:
Tracking the development of coping strategies for police recruits through a network approach
Stacey Clifton, Radford University, USA, Email: saclifton@radford.edu
Police officers, especially rural police officers face added strains from the job, leading to higher suicide rates and lack of availability for mental health aid. This study seeks to understand how new recruits are socialized into the police subculture and how this affects their approach to handle the stress they will face on the job. Results indicate that networks are a vital component of being socialized into the police subculture and this socialization process affects the development of coping strategies among recruits.
Educating women and teachers in rural Satara to respond to and prevent sexual violence, Elsa Marie D’ Silva, Red Dot Foundation, India & USA, Email: elsamarieds@gmail.com
Red Dot Foundation is best known for its work in crowdsourcing anonymous reports of sexual violence through its platform Safecity. But not far from Mumbai and Pune, in the district of Satara, there is limited internet connectivity and poor access amongst women to digital devices. Therefore Red Dot Foundation had to adapt to the needs of the people in raising awareness on sexual violence. From "talking boxes" to engaging the villagers during religious festivals to getting the Village Head (Sarpanch) to appoint a head woman to collect the data. The session will highlight how youth were engaged to be peer educators on sexual violence and agents of change in pushing for reform on their college and school campuses from hiring counselors to education modules on child sexual abuse prevention to policies that safeguard their rights.
The role of modern technology in rural situational crime prevention, James Aransiola, University of Campinas, Brazil, email: temidayo.aransiola@hotmail.com
The application of technology for situational crime prevention (SCP), so as the researches in regard, has been urban-centric. To fill this gap, this study investigates the use of modern technologies (CCTV, alarms, drones, and sensors) in rural contexts. The analysis reviews reports published after the year 2000, focusing on studies that present evidence for technologies’ impact on crime (property and wildlife crimes) in rural contexts. While findings show that the use of modern technology in crime prevention in rural areas is rare, its application has increased in the last decade, most notably in countries of the Global North. In all rural cases, these technologies are supplements of conventional SCP measures. The chapter concludes with suggestions for both practice and research.
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