Crime Prevention In Toronto

Essay Topic: In your capacity as an expert on crime prevention in urban spaces, you have been approached by Mayor Rob Ford and the City of Toronto to help them solve the problem of neighbourhood disorder (behaviour that includes but is not limited to street prostitution, aggressive panhandling, graffiti, vandalism, and ‘squeegeeing'). There has been intense pressure from homeowners and business improvement associations to improve the quality of life particularly in public spaces in Toronto. The City has come to you quite excited by the results of the TAVIS initiative (see attached articles on TAVIS). The TAVIS initiative seems to have improved ‘quality of life' for residents in Toronto and the City of Toronto thinks that it may be a useful way to promote safe, healthy and orderly neighbourhoods. In order to assist the City and guide the Mayor in his effort, he would like you to prepare a position paper that consists of two main parts: Part one: How does the literature define and understand ‘disorder' and its relationship to neighbourhood fear and crime? In your analysis of the literature, would there be anything you would like to add concerning the notion of disorder and how it should be understood as a problem? Connected to this, you must also provide a critique of TAVIS as a way to promote order and improve the quality of life in urban spaces. Part two: Stemming from your discussion in part one, Mayor Rob Ford would like you to lay out for him, in a very clear and concise way, what ought to be the key components/elements of an initiative aimed at promoting ‘order' and ‘quality of life' in Toronto. You have been told that such an initiative must be community-based, inclusive and holistic. Thus, you are asked to spell out, in your opinion, what should be the objectives of this initiative as well as the institutions/agencies/individuals and strategies involved in it. What role should the police play in this crime prevention strategy? Discuss the barriers that may be involved to achieve this role and how you would overcome them. Support your argument using materials from lectures, the readings, and secondary sources. Discuss the role that the community will play in this crime prevention strategy. The essay assignment is designed to improve and assess your ability to critically evaluate a topic related to issues of ‘disorder' and its relationship to neighbourhood fear and crime and to critically evaluate the role of the police and the community in the specific crime prevention strategy(ies) that you will be advocating in your essay. In developing your answers, you must: - use the material cited in the annotated bibliography; - engage with some of the conceptual and critical ideas discussed in the course; - make use of outside readings in addition to class material; - include an explanation of the specific crime prevention strategy(ies) that you will be advocating to deal with issues of disorder and the role that the police and community will play in this strategy. - separate your essay into the following 4 sections: (1) Literature's view of disorder and its relationship to fear and crime (2) Add your own ideas concerning the notion of disorder and how it should be viewed as a problem (3) Summary and Criticisms of TAVIS (4) Community Crime Prevention Initiative(s) that you are proposing to promote ‘order' and ‘quality of life' in Toronto Look at the idea of tavis and talk about it. (I have attached 3 sources to incorporate with it) Thank you.