RT Article
T1 Reducing Incarceration Rates in Australia Through Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Crime Prevention
JF Criminal justice policy review
VO 32
IS 6
SP 618
OP 645
A1 Battams, Samantha
A1 Delany-Crowe, Toni
A1 Fisher, Matthew
A1 Wright, Lester
A1 McGreevy, Michael
A1 McDermott, Dennis
A1 Baum, Fran
A2 Delany-Crowe, Toni
A2 Fisher, Matthew
A2 Wright, Lester
A2 McGreevy, Michael
A2 McDermott, Dennis
A2 Baum, Fran
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1758206055
AB In Australia, incarceration rates have steadily increased since the 1980s, providing an imperative for crime prevention. We explored the extent to which Australian justice sector policies were aimed at preventing crime, using a framework for “primary, secondary and tertiary” crime prevention. We analyzed policies and legislation (n = 141) across Australian jurisdictions (a census was undertaken from May to September 2016, with policies spanning from 1900 to 2022). We found a strong focus on tertiary crime prevention, with recidivism rather than root causes of crime problematised. We also found little focus on primary crime prevention, despite some high-level cross sectoral strategies designed to prevent crime. In this paper, we will use the framework of Bacchi’s “what’s the problem?” approach, considering levels of crime prevention, social determinants of health, and discourses surrounding crime. We discuss policy implications and make suggestions for policy reform and accountability mechanisms to reduce crime and incarceration.
K1 Research and policy
K1 Policy implications
K1 Criminal Justice Policy
K1 Crime Reduction
K1 Crime Prevention
DO 10.1177/0887403420979178