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Stuff Every Crime Prevention Scout Should Know

Practice facts for the Crime Prevention merit badge. Not an official Scouting America credential.

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  1. What is the main goal of crime prevention?
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    Reducing risk before a crime happens. Crime prevention means intervening before a crime occurs to lower the risk it will happen.

  2. Why do communities have criminal laws?
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    To keep society orderly and safe. Criminal laws exist to maintain order and protect people in society.

  3. Which of these is a property crime?
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    Theft of a bicycle. Property crimes involve taking or damaging someone's belongings, like stealing a bike.

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  1. What is the main goal of crime prevention?
  2. Why do communities have criminal laws?
  3. Which of these is a property crime?
  4. What is white collar crime?
  5. What does environmental crime harm?
  6. Why should people follow the law even when unobserved?
  7. How can neighbors help prevent crime?
  8. How do schools contribute to crime prevention?
  9. What role can private security play?
  10. What is community policing?
  11. What is a problem-solving court?
  12. What can corrections and rehabilitation programs do?
  13. How can family and club activities prevent crime?
  14. What does CPTED use to reduce crime?
  15. What is a security survey used for?
  16. What is shrinkage in retail?
  17. How can stores reduce shoplifting?
  18. When should you report a crime?
  19. What are the three R's of personal safety?
  20. How does reporting a crime help victims?
  21. How can peers influence crime?
  22. How can you resist negative peer influence?
  23. What is a sign a friend may be bullying someone?
  24. How do gangs affect communities?
  25. What is a legal consequence of using illegal drugs?
  26. How does substance use relate to crime?
  27. How do prevention and recovery programs help?
  28. Where can someone get help for drug or alcohol problems?
  29. How can you avoid online crime?
  30. What is a common online financial scam?
  31. What is identity theft?
  32. How do criminals use social media?
  33. How can texting or sharing photos become a crime?
  34. How does good street lighting help prevent crime?
  35. What is target hardening?
  36. What is secondary crime prevention focused on?
  37. Why is community collaboration important in prevention?
  38. What does automated traffic enforcement do?
  39. How can firewalls help prevent cybercrime?
  40. What is a risk factor for criminal involvement?
  41. Which example is a crime against people?
  42. Why can disabling a stolen phone reduce crime rewards?
  43. How does reducing anonymity, like taxi ID cards, prevent crime?
  44. What is the purpose of concealing targets such as unmarked trucks?
  45. How does identifying property, such as cattle branding, prevent crime?
  46. Why does monitoring pawn shops help reduce crime rewards?
  47. What do speed humps do to reduce crime rewards?
  48. How does efficient queueing and polite service reduce provocation?
  49. Why are separate enclosures used for rival soccer fans?
  50. What does removing troublemakers from a school aim to do?
  51. What is the point of posting clear rules like rental agreements? 🔒
  52. How do roadside speed display boards help prevent crime? 🔒
  53. What three things must combine for a crime to occur? 🔒
  54. What does primary prevention address? 🔒
  55. What do consistent parenting skills do for risk? 🔒
  56. What does it mean that risk factors are additive? 🔒
  57. What did Larry Sherman show about policing domestic violence calls? 🔒
  58. What happens when police focus on areas of known criminal activity? 🔒
  59. What do groups like Crime Stoppers help do? 🔒
  60. What did secondary prevention achieve in Birmingham and Bogota? 🔒
  61. What happened to red light violations at some Philadelphia intersections after ATES? 🔒
  62. How does requiring extra ID for online purchases increase risk for criminals? 🔒
  63. Why does rapid notification of stolen credit cards reduce rewards? 🔒
  64. What does avoiding ID numbers on official documents help prevent? 🔒
  65. What is risk assessment used for in fraud prevention? 🔒
  66. What does the broken windows theory suggest about visible disorder? 🔒
  67. What built environment change can help reduce crime? 🔒
  68. How does limiting liquor licenses in an area help? 🔒
  69. What does Colombia's National Police use heat maps for? 🔒