The Crime Prevention and Community relations Unit provides programs that serve to raise the level of safety awareness and reduce the risk of criminal victimization in the campus community.
What is Crime Prevention?
Crime prevention is defined as "the anticipation, the recognition, and the appraisal of a crime risk and the initiation of action to remove or reduce it." The first step in crime prevention is to realize that in order to prevent crime or becoming a crime victim, we must accept that crime prevention is shared responsibility. It is not a college problem or a police problem. It is a societal problem that can only be properly addressed by the entire campus community. On a college campus that includes, students, faculty, staff, visitors and neighbors. Therefore, campus safety is truly a shared responsibility. - International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Crime Prevention Resources.
The Crime Triangle
Three elements must be present for a crime to occur: desire, ability and opportunity. A person may want to commit a crime, and have the ability to commit a crime, but if we deny them the opportunity, then no crime can be committed.
For more information on any of the listed topics, or to request a presentation for a group, organization or staff/faculty meeting, please contact:
Christina Villalobos, University Police Public Relations
(818) 677-7922 or christina.villalobos@csun.edu