The Department of Criminology has been instrumental in driving change through Dr Janice Formosa Pace's ​delivery of the [PDF] launched on Friday 28 October 2016.
​The result of a series of consultations and research ranging from conceptualisation to implementation, is currently open for public consultation until the 30 November 2016.
The strategy covers a range of proposals which deal with education, youth justice, policing for crime prevention, crime families, sex offending, pick-pocketing, recidivism and victim support.
In synthesis, the proposals emanating from this strategic document aim at streamlining the activities of a number of entities in conjunction with a focus on the phased approaches required for the eventual implementation of the strategy requirements. A risk-factor approach guided by academic research findings is proposed in view of crime prevention and the reduction of recidivism. The focus is being set on addressing actual risks and the need to be committed towards the needs of offenders, victims and their respective families.
A number of specialised initiatives such as community policing and target policing have been outlined whilst highlighting that crime control goes beyond policing as has been experienced to date. Such entails the active collaboration of residents, government and private organisations together with NGOs as stakeholders, which partnership is forecasted to pave the way to enhanced trust and public safety. Schools have been identified as the ideal places to reach children and youths through cost-effective initiatives expected to divert criminal career development. This will be enhanced through proposals related to youth justice services that will inject a flexible approach to reducing the rate and severity of offending.
A number of specialised initiatives such as community policing and target policing have been outlined whilst highlighting that crime control goes beyond policing as has been experienced to date. Such entails the active collaboration of residents, government and private organisations together with NGOs as stakeholders, which partnership is forecasted to pave the way to enhanced trust and public safety. Schools have been identified as the ideal places to reach children and youths through cost-effective initiatives expected to divert criminal career development. This will be enhanced through proposals related to youth justice services that will inject a flexible approach to reducing the rate and severity of offending.
​This is the second Strategy drafted ​for public and administrative consumption in the criminology domain, where the Department of Criminology was instrumental in drafting the High-Level Stratgey for the Malta Police Force, effectively serving as the main fulcrum for the analysis of crime and its mitigation in the Maltese Islands.
Dr Formosa Pace is a lecturer at the Department of Criminology within the Faculty for Social Wellbeing.
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