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%T Societal Perception regarding Situational Crime Prevention %A Ayaz, Muhammad %A Ullah, Farhat %J Pakistan Administrative Review %N 4 %P 397-406 %V 2 %D 2018 %K Societal perception; situational crime prevention; street lights; CCTVs; closed-circuit television; street lighting %@ 2521-0203 %~ Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi Pakistan %> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-62342-8 %X In this modern era, the situational crime prevention is one of the most emphasised and key concern of whole world. Devil exists almost everywhere in a society, to do wrongs or committing crimes. Therefore, a society must have some strict policies and techniques to contain these evils. The current research highlights societal perception regarding situational crime prevention. The main objectives of the study was to find out the effects of two most commonly used tools (i.e. CCTV and Street lights) on the situational crime prevention. To cater these objectives, quantitative research was conducted through survey questionnaire from Faculty of Social Sciences, Crime reporter and Criminal lawyers. In current research, data was collected form 134 respondents from participants of these three different backgrounds. On the basis of collected data, the study finds that both tools i.e. CCTV and Street lights play a key role in situational crime prevention. The study concluded that government organizations should install the CCTVs and Street lights in order to prevent the situational crime rate. %C MISC %G en %9 Zeitschriftenartikel %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info