Hello everyone, my name's Ms. Wyatt, and I'm so glad that you could join us today for our lesson.

Welcome to today's lesson on, What can communities do to help prevent crime?, from the unit, What is crime? By the end of today's lesson, you will be able to explain what crime prevention strategies are and how communities use them to reduce crime and promote shared responsibility.

We have some key words that we will be using frequently in our lesson today.

They are crime, crime prevention strategy, and community.

A crime is an illegal act that is punishable by law.

Crime prevention strategy is a plan or set of actions designed to reduce the likelihood of crime occurring.

And community is a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.

Some of these keywords may be new for you today, but don't worry, we will be using them frequently.

Our lesson is broken up into two parts today.

The first part we will explore the question of, What is a crime prevention strategy? And the second part, we'll look at how can communities support crime prevention? So, when you are ready, let's start to look at what is a crime prevention strategy? Laws are rules, usually made by Parliament, that are used to order the way in which a society behaves.

Everyone must obey the law.

So you and I have to obey the law, okay? When someone breaks a law, they commit a crime.

Now, can you think of any examples of crimes, perhaps crimes that you've heard about on the news or in social media, perhaps? Maybe you've watched a programme where somebody's committed a crime on that.

What were the examples of crimes? So you may have thought of littering, vandalism, shoplifting, drink-driving, assault, drug possession, arson, or murder.

Unfortunately, guys, that is a very short list of crimes that can actually be committed.

There is a lot of crimes that can actually be committed, it goes beyond that list.

Now, a crime prevention strategy is a plan or a set of actions which are designed to reduce the likelihood of crimes occurring.

There are lots of different strategies that can be used to prevent crime.

For example, educational crime strategy.

So these are things like they teach people about the consequences of crime.

We'll learn more about these in a second.

You got situational prevention strategies.

So situational focuses on reducing crime by altering situations in which crime can take place.

And then we have deterrents.

Deterrent strategies aim to discourage people from committing crime.

They don't want to try and entice people to crime, they want to put them off it.

But like I said, we will learn a lot more about these different strategies now.

True or false? A crime prevention strategy is a plan designed to reduce the likelihood of crimes occurring by making new laws.

Is that true or is that false? Pause the video and have a think about this question.

Hopefully, we remembered that it is false.

Well done if you got that correct.

It's false because a crime prevention strategy reduces the likelihood of crimes occurring but not necessarily by making new laws.

It can involve actions which are educational, situational, or deterrent, which we're gonna have a look at more now.

So, we have educational crime prevention strategies.

These try to reduce crime by educating people about the law and the consequences of breaking it.

So this could happen in school, through the media, through local or national campaigns.

Now, some examples of educational crime prevention strategies are public awareness campaigns.

So, for example, posters, social media, and advertisements to warn of the consequences of crime, such as theft, vandalism, or drink-driving.

So, public awareness campaigns is trying to make everybody aware of it.

You could have youth mentoring programmes, for example, guidance and support from mentors to educate people around making positive life choices and avoiding crime.

So, actually putting on these programmes to try and mentor young people about crime and making the right choice.

And workshops on the law.

For example, police officers visiting schools.

Now, situational crime prevention strategies are slightly different.

These focus on reducing crime by altering the situations in which crime can take place.

For example, by changing the physical environment or increasing possible risks for offenders.

Situational crime prevention strategies can often be seen in local communities.

Examples of situational crime prevention strategies are, improved lighting in public areas.

Firstly, it makes people feel safe, but it also makes people seen.

Security cameras.

Installing alarm systems, like security gates.

You might have a security alarm on your house, so when you're coming through the front door, you have to put in a code to disarm it.

Controlled access to buildings.

So, you might have to have a lanyard around your neck, perhaps, and you might have to scan it to get through certain doors in that building.

Installing fences and gates.

Designing spaces to avoid crime opportunities.

And speed cameras.

So, these are all examples of situational crime prevention strategies.

And now we have deterrent crime prevention strategies.

These aim to discourage people from committing crimes by making the consequences clear and the risks of getting caught higher.

For example, increased visible police presence.

So, having more police, perhaps, on the streets.

Harsh penalties or punishments.

And publicising criminal convictions.

So, which of these are examples of situational crime prevention strategies? So, not educational or deterrent, situational.

So, is it A, workshops on the law? Is it B, increased penalties and punishments? Is it C, improved street lighting? Or is it D, more security cameras? Which of these are examples? Pause the video and make your decision.

Okay, decision time.

So, we should've said C and D.

So, improved street lighting and more security cameras are examples of situational crime prevention strategies.

Well done if you got that correct.

Izzy is describing what she thinks a crime prevention strategy is.

Do you agree with her description? Could you improve it? So let's read what Izzy has said.

Izzy says, "A crime prevention strategy is when the police arrest people before they commit a crime, or when the government makes new rules that punish people more severely for breaking the law.

Now, do we fully agree with her description, and how can we improve it? So what I would like you to do is pause the video here and have a go at this task.

Let's try and help Izzy out with her description of what a crime prevention strategy is.

Good luck.

Well done, everybody.

So just to recap, Izzy said, "A crime prevention strategy is when the police arrest people before they commit a crime, or when the government makes new rules that punish people more severely for breaking the law," okay? We had some time to try and make her description a little bit better.

So we might have said, I don't agree with Izzy's description.

A crime prevention strategy is a plan or set of actions which are designed to reduce the likelihood of crimes occurring.

They aim to stop people from committing crimes in the first place.

There are different types, for example, educational, situational, or deterrents.

None of them involve arresting people before they commit a crime though, as suggested by Izzy.

Okay, so maybe we spotted a few errors in Izzy's description, and hopefully we managed to make it better.

Well done, everyone.

The Oak National Academy pupils are describing different scenarios.

For two to three of the scenarios, describe a crime prevention strategy you think would be the most effective and why.

So I'm gonna show you some scenarios, and then you're gonna choose two to three and have a go at trying to describe a prevention strategy that would be the most effective for them.

So the first scenario comes from Aisha.

And Aisha says, "Teenagers have been spray-painting graffiti on walls and benches in a local park.

The area is poorly lit, and there's not much supervision at night." So you might choose that one, for instance.

The next one.

Sofia says, "A shop has experienced a rise in shoplifting.

The store is small, and there are no security cameras or staff monitoring the aisles." There's another choice.

Sam says, "There has been an increase in drink-driving on a busy road, especially on weekends.

The local authorities want to reduce the risk of accidents." And then finally, Jun says, "People often leave litter behind in a popular public square, and it's becoming an eyesore.

The local government wants to reduce this behaviour." So you have four scenarios there.

I would like you to have a go at choosing two to three.

Can you try and push yourself and do three, okay? And describe a crime prevention strategy that you would think be the most effective to help with that scenario and why.

Why is it going to work? So you've got Aisha, Sofia, Sam, and Jun.

They all describe different scenarios, okay? So pause the video and have a go at describing a crime prevention strategy to help with these scenarios.

Have fun with this.

Okay, well done, everyone.

So we're gonna start with looking at Aisha's scenario.

So if you picked Aisha's scenario, some of the following might be the same as what you have suggested.

So your suggested crime prevention strategy for Aisha's scenario might have been situational.

Improving the lighting in the park would make it harder for the teenagers to hide and carry out their graffiti without being seen.

Adding security cameras would also make the area more secure and provide evidence if a crime happens.

The increased visibility and risk of getting caught would likely stop people from committing vandalism in the first place.

So perhaps you picked up the same things as we did on Aisha's scenario.

The next one was Sofia.

So some of you might have picked Sofia's scenario.

So some of your suggested crime prevention strategy might be the same as ours.

So situational, installing security cameras in the store would make it difficult for shoplifters to steal without being caught.

The visible presence of cameras could also act as a deterrent.

Additionally, having a security system or alarm that goes off if someone tries to steal could increase the risk for potential thieves, making them think twice before taking something.

We then had Sam's situation.

Again, your suggested crime prevention strategy for Sam's scenario might have been the same as ours.

So we said deterrent, increasing the visible police presence on the road during weekends would remind drivers that they could be stopped and tested for drink-driving.

Having random sobriety checkpoints or police patrols would raise the likelihood of getting caught, acting as a deterrent for people thinking about driving under the influence.

Well done if you had the same ideas as we did.

And then finally, Jun's scenario said about how people leave litter and it's a massive eyesore, okay? So we may have included some of the following.

Public awareness campaigns can be an effective way to educate people about the negative impact of littering on the environment and the community.

Posters and signs could encourage people dispose of their trash properly.

Additionally, school workshops could teach the importance of taking care of public spaces, reducing the likelihood of littering in the future.

So well done if you managed to do two to three and have a go at looking at what crime prevention strategies you would suggest for these scenarios.

We have now explored the question of what is a crime prevention strategy.

We are now gonna look at how can communities support crime prevention? So, a community, which is one of our key words, is a group of people living or existing together, sharing common values, interests, and/or ways of doing things.

Communities have many different features.

When a community works together, they can achieve a lot.

Jun says, "But what role do communities have to play in crime prevention?" So have a quick think to yourself now, what role do you think that communities, a group of people living or existing together, what role do they have to deal with, crime prevention, how do they deal with that? So imagine a community where a citizen sees the following.

A purse or wallet lying on the side of the road, okay? Someone about to walk in front of a moving vehicle.

A set of house keys accidentally left in a front door.

A person walking out of a shop without paying.

So, what role could that citizen play in each situation? So let's have a think about this for a second.

Imagine now a community where someone sees that purse or wallet lying on the side of the road.

What could that citizen do with that situation there? What do you think they could do? They could either pick it up and keep it for themselves, or could they hand it in somewhere? Could they post on social media saying that they've just found this, can we try and find the owner of it? Could they look inside the purse or wallet and hopefully find an identity card and try and find that person? For example, the next one, someone about to walk in front of a moving vehicle.

What role could a citizen play in that situation? There's lots of different roles.

You could choose to stand there and not do anything, or you could choose to tell them to stop, there is a moving vehicle and you're about to walk in front of it.

You could grab someone, but ultimately, you wouldn't want to put yourself at risk of that moving vehicle as well.

So as citizens in a community, we play lots of different roles, and we can choose what role we want to play.

Individuals within a community can play an active role in preventing crime before it occurs.

So before it actually happens, these individuals can do something about it.

Just as citizens can intervene in specific situations, communities can also adopt broader crime prevention strategies that focus on reducing opportunities for crime and build a sense of shared responsibility.

Aisha says, "One example of communities taking action to support crime prevention is Neighbourhood Watch, which is a volunteer-led crime prevention charity." You might have heard of Neighbourhood Watch before.

Sometimes in our local communities, our local areas where we live, there is sometimes a poster put up of the Neighbourhood Watch, and that's where you might have seen it from, or you may have heard about it as well.

So, true or false? Let's check our understanding.

Citizens in a community can only stop crime by acting in certain situations, not by helping with crime prevention efforts.

What do we think about this statement? Is it true or is it false? Hopefully, we have worked out that it is false.

Citizens in a community can help prevent crime, not just by acting in specific situations, but also by supporting larger crime prevention efforts, for example, by joining Neighbourhood Watch.

Well done if you got that correct.

Now, Neighbourhood Watch work in communities all over England and Wales to support them to be safer and more resilient.

So what I was talking about before, the picture on the screen, that is what I have seen in lots of local areas.

And when I have lived in certain places, there have been those signs up on lampposts, for instance.

Neighbourhood Watch groups are designed to meet the needs of their local communities.

They might provide resources, lead community projects, raise awareness, deliver safety initiatives, connect neighbourhoods, and liaise with the police.

Aisha says, "My local Neighbourhood Watch group organise regular patrol groups in our community, they monitor the area for suspicious activity and report any incidents that they see to the police.

It's a great deterrent crime prevention strategy." 'Cause it puts people off, doesn't it? If they see that people in the area, in their local community, are ahead of it and they know what is going on, if they see something suspicious, they're reporting it straight away.

It's going to put people off from actually taking place in that crime.

So let's check our understanding with this question.

What is the main role of a Neighbourhood Watch group? Is it to provide financial support to local businesses? Is it to run volunteer-led crime prevention efforts? Or is it to enforce laws in the local community? Pause the video and make your decisions.

Okay, hopefully, we remembered that the main role of a Neighbourhood Watch group is to run volunteer-led crime prevention efforts.

It's not to enforce laws in the local community.

That is not their job.

And it is not to provide financial support to local businesses.

That is something completely different.

So well done if you figured out that it is B.

Sam says, "My local Neighbourhood Watch group have visited the local community groups and clubs to educate them on home security measures, crime prevention tips, and the importance of us being vigilant as a community.

This is a great example of an educational crime prevention strategy." Jun says, "My local Neighbourhood Watch group ran a campaign to get the local council to commit to providing better street lighting in the area.

They also worked with local businesses to encourage them to instal CCTV.

This situational crime prevention strategy has really helped the area feel safer." So which of the following is an example of an educational crime prevention strategy that a Neighbourhood Watch group might run? Is it installing security cameras in public spaces? Is it educating residents about home security? Is it organising community patrols? Or running campaigns to increase police presence? Which ones? Pause the video and make your decision.

Okay, well done, everyone.

B, educating residents about home security is an example of an educational crime prevention strategy that a Neighbourhood Watch group might run.

They will want to tell other people and actually educate them that those that live in the area about home security, about getting some security cameras, perhaps an alarm for your house, putting up fences and gates, things like that.

So well done if you recognised that was the correct answer.

For this task, I would like us to think, pair, and share the answers to these questions.

So we have three questions.

The first one says, describe a situational crime prevention strategy that the local community could support with.

Then we have, describe an educational crime prevention strategy that the local communities could support with.

And then finally, describe a deterrent crime prevention strategy the local community could support with.

So pause the video and think about an answer to these questions with another person and share the answers.

What do you come up with together? Pause the video and have a go.

Well done, everyone.

So, hopefully, we had a go at think, pairing, and sharing the answers to these questions.

So the first one we had to describe a situation of crime prevention strategy.

So we could have included some of the following.

A local community could support the installation of more streetlights in dark areas, making it harder for criminals to hide or act unnoticed.

This would reduce opportunities for crimes like theft or assault by increasing visibility, especially at night.

So I wonder if you said about the streetlights.

We then had to describe an educational crime prevention strategy that the local community could support with.

So we might have said the community could organise workshops to educate residents about home security, such as locking doors and using security alarms. By raising awareness and teaching crime prevention techniques, residents can better protect themselves and reduce the chances of becoming victims of crime.

Well done if you managed to mention anything that we did.

And then finally, we had to describe a deterrent crime prevention strategy that the local community could support with.

So we may have included a Neighbourhood Watch group could set up regular patrols in the area, making their presence known to potential criminals.

The idea is that if people know the area is being monitored, they are less likely to commit crimes, as they fear the consequences of getting caught.

I wonder if you said the same.

Well done, everyone.

Great efforts with this task.

We have now come to the end of our lesson on, What communities can do to help prevent crime? So to summarise the points of today's lesson.

A crime prevention strategy is a plan or a set of actions which are designed to reduce the likelihood of crimes occurring.

There are different strategies that can be used to prevent crime, for example, educational, situational and deterrents.

Educational strategies reduce crime by teaching people about law, for example, local workshops.

Situational strategies reduce crime by changing environments, for example, more street lighting.

And deterrents discourage crime by increasing risks and consequences, for example, more police presence.

Communities can use crime prevention strategies to reduce crime opportunities and foster shared responsibility.

One way of doing this is through Neighbourhood Watch groups.

I have really enjoyed learning about what communities can do to help prevent crime and learning about the different strategies as well.

I hope you have.

I would like to thank you for your efforts in today's lesson, and I hope to see you in the next one.

Bye-bye.