ABSTRACT
Situational crime prevention (SCP) takes offenders’ motivation for granted – there will always be people with criminal intent. Instead, it seeks to limit their scope for offending (e.g. a brick wall too high to climb), and to influence their perceptions and decisions regarding criminal action. Since prehistory situational methods have drawn on technology for practical purposes, whether against fellow humans raiding hill forts or treasure chests, or mice, grain stores. This trend can only increase as the world in which crime is committed and prevented becomes ever more technologically based. However, few have attempted to theorise about the role of technology in SCP.
