ABSTRACT
Herewedescribethemostbasiccategoryofsituationalmeasures-thosedesignedtoincrease thedifficultiesofcrime-beginningwithtarget hardening.Situationalpreventionissometimes dismissedasbeingnothingmorethanthis, thoughitisonlyoneofthe25techniquesthat theapproachencompasses.Notethatthereis considerableoverlapbetweenthetechniques (forexample,targethardeningcanslowup offendersandincreasetherisksoftheirgetting caught)andthatsomemeasurescanservemore thanonepurpose.Whenusingthisclassification, donotspendtimeworryingwhereaparticular measurefits.Usetheclassificationonlytoensure thatyouconsiderthewidestpossiblerepertoire ofsituationalresponsestoaparticularproblem.
