As opposed to coercive methods that facilitate crime intervention, assessment, and suppression, anti-gang campaigns offers a preventive approach to crime. Before, launching any anti-gang drive, it is often strategic to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the crime risk factors and the propensity of individuals to engage in offenses (Bowers & Johnson, 2003). The campaign then serves to provide not only awareness of the demerits of crime but also addresses the specific causes of the crime (Howell, 2011). It provides a deviation from the formal ways of
As opposed to coercive methods that facilitate crime intervention, assessment, and suppression, anti-gang campaigns offers a preventive approach to crime. Before, launching any anti-gang drive, it is often strategic to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the crime risk factors and the propensity of individuals to engage in offenses (Bowers & Johnson, 2003). The campaign then serves to provide not only awareness of the demerits of crime but also addresses the specific causes of the crime (Howell, 2011). It provides a deviation from the formal ways of