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The Implications of a harm perspective on terrorism, road safety, tobacco, alcohol, illicit drugs, and workplace health and safety
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The Implications of a harm perspective on terrorism, road safety, tobacco, alcohol, illicit drugs, and workplace health and safety

Timothy Prenzler, Matt Manning and Lyndel Bates
Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism, Vol.10(2), pp.88-101
2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/18335330.2015.1090050
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Criminology Law counter-terrorism drugs harm reduction health and safety road safety workplace
This policy paper addresses issues around crime impacts and crime prevention from a harm perspective. The development of the paper was prompted by the 2014/2015 escalation of counter-terror measures in Australia. The paper begins with a brief review of crime measurement issues and of a harm perspective in guiding crime prevention policies. It then engages in an analysis of impact measures around four diverse crime and harm types in Australia: terrorism, road crashes, drugs (tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs), and workplace health and safety violations. The case studies highlight the success of Australia's counter-terror programme in preventing attacks on Australian soil and contrasts this with major ongoing harms associated with the alleged under-regulation of the other crime types. The evidence indicates that much more attention needs to be given to these latter areas to achieve large improvements in people's well-being, without necessarily reducing efforts to combat terrorism.

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