2020/10/30 by Tim Prenzler, Rick Sarre · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Crime Patterns and Interventions
paper · doi:10.4324/9781003028918-21
openalex publication_date 2020/10/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11
This chapter will explore the evolution of crime policy in Australian policing, focusing on strategic shifts from the 1980s away from the revolving door of law enforcement towards sustainable crime reduction methods, primarily through the adoption of imported models of community policing and intelligence-led policing. A number of case studies of effective practice will be explored, including partnership-based approaches. However, it will be argued that the reform agenda was largely unsuccessful, and 21st century policing remains locked into an offender-focused crime containment model of practice. This proposition will be developed with reference to the extensive harms associated with persistent and emerging crime problems in Australia that police have been unable to contain. The chapter concludes with a set of recommendations for more effective practice to improve community safety, integrating principles from a variety of frameworks, including problem-oriented, intelligence-led, community-based, partnership, and harm-based policing.