The purpose of this article is to set out Swansea’s response to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and related matters, which encompasses an explicitly universal, positive and young person-focused approach to crime prevention. This stands in contrast to more controlling or punitive practices developed elsewhere. Research into the multi-agency, multiple intervention Promoting Preventionprogramme has utilised an interactive, computer-based questionnaire with young people aged 11-15 to identify risk and protective factors associated with youth offending in Swansea. This has enabled the Promoting Preventionsteering group to begin to target appropriate interventions to reduce and prevent youth offending, as reflected in the decrease in official offending locally.
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) and Retail Crime: Exploring Offender Perspectives on Risk and Protective Factors in the Design and Layout of Retail Environments