Methods of crime prevention: A case study of Panchkula city, Haryana
- The Indian Police Journal
- 67(1), Jan-Mar, 2020: p.80-88
The crimes are inherent part of every human society, which is essentially due to the conflict of interest, rapid industrialization, urbanization, poverty, aspiration for good life, political, social and economic changes, etc. Crime prevention is an act/action, undertaken by the Police to reduce or minimize the incident of crime and to make it citizen-friendly and stress-free living. The legal provisions, preventive patrols, Policy presence in the form of beat, patrolling, gust, nakabandi, record keeping, intelligence and surveillance - are the few methods, which are generally exercised by the Police agencies for the crime prevention. – Reproduced