Five Reasons Not to Rely on the Criminal Justice System Alone to Prevent Crime

Abstract

Garner Clancey (Adjunct Lecturer, Sydney Institute of Criminology) has developed a number of crime prevention fact sheets. These fact sheets provide an overview of key crime prevention tenets and cover various topics and issues. They have been designed to assist practitioners in their work and to provide a link to relevant crime prevention research. This fact sheet outlines 5 reasons not to rely on the criminal justice system alone to prevent crime.