Focus on Places, Not People, to Prevent Crime | Joel Caplan | TEDxStocktonUniversity

Connecting geography and urban design to incidences of crime and to crime prevention.

Dr. Joel Caplan is an Associate Professor at Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice and Deputy Director of the Rutgers Center on Public Security. As a professor, he melds the strengths of several disciplines to build new methods and techniques for the analysis of crime and criminal behaviors. Dr. Caplan earned a PhD in Social Welfare Policy from the University of Pennsylvania and has professional experience as a police officer, 911 dispatcher, and emergency medical technician, experience which gives him a unique and practical research perspective. He specializes in applying geospatial technology to actionable scholarship and, in partnership with agencies in the US and around the world, is leading cutting-edge research on matters of public safety and national security.

[francischic]

This is actually amazing. I'm a psychology major and I never heard about this before. This model is way better than half the social psychology ones out there.

[TheJayaldae]

Then why do certain suburbs that have only residential zoning have high crime?

Particularly, the people in any of those neighborhoods are usually of a lower socioeconomic status despite the absence of anything other than homes and parks. How does the kaleidoscope fit in there without focusing on people?

[cherrmann]

Great Ted Talk Joel...keep up the great work !

[DonohonOlimjonova]

I have a question with persentages 42+33+35=110
Or I understood wrong

[nsouzadf]

I'd like to know what is the difference between RTM and CPTED, since the later discuss exactly the same concepts and is a previously set of consolidated technics to prevent crime, designing the enviroment to supress the opportunities for crime. Are not you talking about old wine in new wineskins? I am not belittling the idea, but the RTM, as I saw it here, is a reaffirmation of what Crime Analysis as applied science and technics has been proposing for some years now. So I would like to know, again, what's new in RTM?

[francescos]

Le nostre economie devono essere in grado idealmente di trasformare i conflitti e le guerre come la violenza e i crimini

[wmcpromo]

Thank you for the information! Does anyone know where I can download the software?

[JohnSmith-plsf]

"Focus on the place, not people" it's like another way of saying that Lawmen shouldn't racially profile someone because they look like crooks....

Lawmen should focus on places not people

[guymross]

This guy’s metaphors are the real crime.

[CipherWraith-x]

"Focus on places not people to prevent crime" Why?🤔
This theory is known as the "environmental approach to crime" and suggests that crimes often occur in places that provide favorable conditions for criminals.

However, despite this, the focus should be not on where crimes happen, but who is committing them.

[helenodetroyo]

FOCUS ON PLACES AND NOT IN PEOPLE TO PREVENT CRIME? 🤔
WHO COMMIT THE CRIMES, THE PLACES OR THE PEOPLE? 🤔
I WOULD FOCUS ON PEOPLE FROM CERTAIN RACE (everyone know what race is) AND PLACES FREQUENTED BY THEM OR WHERE THEY LIVE.

[aaravsingh-jnht]

I think kids, young generation and next generation must learn dharma, karma(good deeds), updesh from bhagwat gita and vedas(like vedic mathematics). Maybe, it can be done by teaching this in every school, college and campus.
Because it teaches you what is life, how to behave, and beleiving that there someone greater than knowledge, greater than the science, greater than the universe who loves everyone, anyone fron anywhere that is so called :) PEACE

[damienfis]

The older blonde woman falling asleep at 08:36 must have been tired Lol,
RTM seems like an interesting program and I'd be curious to see it in action honestly.