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The Range Statement relates to the Unit of Competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording in the Performance Criteria is detailed below. |
Sources of information may be internal or external to the practitioner's organisation or agency and could include: | individuals such as colleagues, peers, community members or champions, mentors, youth and drug counsellors and other recognised experts groups or organisations such as: public institutions such as: business information services and professional associations or bodies data from journals, conferences, research, practitioner papers and reports evaluation reports of crime prevention initiatives Internet sources, both Australian and international published and unpublished statistics information provided through networking and collaboration. police services national, state or local government agencies specialist agencies community support groups focusing, for example, on issues for Indigenous people, cultural and linguistic diversity, gender, youth, alcohol and drugs libraries universities government printer local council information services government Internet services and bulletin boards |
Crime prevention theories may include: | criminal justice, including deterrence, incapacitation and rehabilitation strategies situational, including design, organisation and management of physical and cultural environments social victimisation crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) community-based (e.g. targeted at environments such as neighbourhoods, schools and at risk groups) developmental, including initiatives designed to prevent the development of offending or risk behaviours through interventions applied throughout childhood and adolescence that are targeted and tailored to promote communication a combination of these theoretical approaches. |
Best practice principles may include: | the recognition, acknowledgment and valuing of the diversity of community stakeholder views, values, expectations and potential the willing use of collaborative and consultative mechanisms to optimise community involvement in developing and implementing crime prevention interventions and/or socially undesirable behaviour modification the use of contemporary research and practice, including cross-disciplinary, to inform and guide intervention or response development and implementation and review, and to reduce the potential for unintended outcomes the efficient and effective use of the organisation and community's resources to address crime prevention and anti-social behaviour issues and concerns at the community level. |
Data collection and information generating practices may include: | evaluations implemented as part of a crime prevention initiative research undertaken collaboratively with external groups processes used to collect data for funding bodies reporting processes established to monitor initiatives over time. |
Existing evidence can include data generated from processes such as: | meta-analyses of research studies a wide range of different types of research studies including: evaluation reports of crime prevention initiatives reports from committees evidence from experts or leaders. randomised control group studies quasi experimental studies non-experimental qualitative studies |
Resource requirements may relate to: | physical resources financial resources human resources support services. |
Obstacles or restrictions may include: | lack of access to relevant information lack of resources resistance from key stakeholders, other practitioners and/or community members. |
Networks may include: | Informal networks such as: Formal networks such as: other crime prevention practitioners work colleagues professional development personnel personal contacts in other relevant agencies and community groups. key community leaders and community champions local inter-agency groups specific interest and support groups lobby groups regional, specialist and peak associations professional or occupational associations project-specific ad hoc consultative or reference groups advisory committees law enforcement and justice administration agencies. |
Strategies that are targeted and tailored to promote communication may include: | passive strategies such as writing journal articles and commentaries for newspapers and newsletters active strategies such as targeted media activities, orchestrated campaigns, developing and promoting educational materials, speaking engagements, forums and conferences. |
Collaborative partnerships may include those individuals, groups and organisations who have: | special knowledge or experience to bring to the research process an interest in the outcomes of the research process. |
Compliance with occupational health and safety (OHS) legislation, codes of practice, public safety considerations and enterprise procedures may include: | office safety and security isolating work that represents a safety risk from fellow workers and others addressing workplace violence safety of volunteers, networks and community groups safety of individuals in the community providing guidance, information or training on OHS issues hazard and risk assessment and related control measures and procedures (both OHS and general) for proposed and ongoing activities, programs and projects. |
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