Police and Security, Vol. 22 No. 1, 2013.
Professional paper
The importance of dedication and enthusiasm in the implementation and analysis of crime prevention projects
Sandra Veber
; Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia
Tamara Karaica
Nikša Jelovčić
orcid.org/0000-0002-9179-3936
; Police Academy, Zagreb, Croatia
Krunoslav Katić
Abstract
The experience of implementing crime prevention projects teaches us that dedication and enthusiasm of the entire project team are essential for the ultimate success of the project, with an obligatory implementation of theoretical knowledge from the area of crime prevention and project management. Responsibility and systematic work of all project team members present the preconditions for implementing projects, especially in more complex systems i.e. in systems where proactive work on prevention projects is relatively new and therefore has room for improvement. This text gives an overview of implemented activities through the crime prevention project Living Life Without Violence which is focused on primary prevention related to children and youth with an emphasis on preventing violence against women, domestic violence and youth violence as well as building a culture of non-violence, tolerance and non-discrimination. This text will also try to give an overview of theoretical background and explain the importance of human factor while working on achieving project objectives in practice. The text also shows the preliminary analysis of the project users’ quality evaluation and emphasizes the importance of carrying out evaluation as the last but at the same time the most important part of project cycle which very often remains unfinished due to lack of motivation and not understanding the evaluation process. Prevention work, through project implementation, requires quality planning, vision and results, and requires a longer time span during which they can prove its positive effects.
Keywords
project; prevention; crime; implementation; analysis; dedication; enthusiasm
Hrčak ID:
105622
URI
Publication date:
1.7.2013.
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