ABSTRACT
Although forensic science is considered to be a practical means of investigating individual crimes after they have taken place, several concepts from the theory of forensic science can be used for crime prevention. Forensic crime prevention can be developed by combining concepts of trace evidence, reconstruction, exchange and individualisation with criminological research into persons, places, objects and time. The result is a five-step model: description of the event, class configuration, counter-factual reconstruction, measures of disassociation and the impact of intervention.
