ABSTRACT
In many respects, partnerships mirror ideas found in situational prevention. A key assumption is that there are factors underlying the crime and disorder problems in the community. e typical police response to the problems, that being arrest and prosecution, does little to address the causes of the problems. Arrest and prosecution deal mainly with the overt symptoms. ese new approaches seek to identify problems and potential solutions, as well as implement interventions. As such, partnerships fall squarely in the realm of secondary prevention. ey target high-risk situations.
