ABSTRACT
Secondary prevention techniques rest heavily on the idea of identication and prediction. Rather than intervene with entire communities or neighborhoods, or establish programs to reach the general public, secondary prevention techniques rely on eorts to identify potential oenders, places, or situations that have a higher likelihood for criminal activity. One primary problem for secondary prevention, therefore, is proper identication and prediction. Predicting who will and who will not become deviant, where and when crime will occur, who will be a victim, what items will be targeted by oenders, and related topics is often a dicult or involved eort. is chapter brie y explores the problem of prediction and identication for prevention purposes. e discussion is divided into three general areas. ese are predicting oending behavior, analysis of risk factors for deviance, and identifying places, times, and individual victimization.
