ations A CONF. 187/ Tenth Distr general United Nations congress 15 December 1999 CAME on the Prevention of Crime Original: English and the Treatment of offenders Vienna, 10-17 April 2000 Item 5 of the provisional agenda Effective crime prevention: keeping pace with new developments Effective crime prevention: keeping pace with new developments Working paper prepared by the secretariat Contents paragraph L. Introduction 1-7 Current status of crime prevention 8 III. New challenges v. The challenge of preventing organized crime V. New preventive concepts, strategies and techniques 15-18 Community development 16-17 B. Situational crime prevention Implementation diffic 2334555667 VIl. Ethical issues, rights and responsibilities 22-26 VIll. Evaluation of crime prevention 27-34 Annex. Revised draft elements of responsible crime prevention, prepared by the Expert Group Meeting on Elements of Responsible Crime Prevention: Addressing Traditional and Emerging Crime Problems, held in Buenos Aires from 8 to 10 September 1999 A/CONF 187/1 99-91020(E)* A/CONF.187/1. V.99-91020 (E) United Nations A/CONF.187/7 Tenth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders Vienna, 10-17 April 2000 Distr.: General 15 December 1999 Original: English Item 5 of the provisional agenda* Effective crime prevention: keeping pace with new developments Effective crime prevention: keeping pace with new developments Working paper prepared by the Secretariat Contents Paragraphs Page I. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7 2 II. Current status of crime prevention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3 III. New challenges ..................................................... 9 3 IV. The challenge of preventing organized crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-14 4 V. New preventive concepts, strategies and techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-18 5 A. Community development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-17 5 B. Situational crime prevention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 5 VI. Implementation difficulties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-21 6 VII. Ethical issues, rights and responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-26 6 VIII. Evaluation of crime prevention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-34 7 Annex. Revised draft elements of responsible crime prevention, prepared by the Expert Group Meeting on Elements of Responsible Crime Prevention: Addressing Traditional and Emerging Crime Problems, held in Buenos Aires from 8 to 10 September 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10