The crime prevention effort that focuses not on the people who commit crime but on the context in which crime occurs is known as ________________________.

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Situational crime prevention focuses on changing the environment or circumstances in which crime occurs in order to prevent it. This approach seeks to reduce opportunities for crime by making it more difficult to commit, increasing the perceived risk of being caught, and reducing the potential rewards of criminal activity. Unlike other approaches, it does not focus on changing the behavior of individuals or addressing the root causes of crime, but rather on enhancing the physical or social environment to discourage criminal activity.

The Crime Prevention Effort That Focuses Not on the People