The theory was first brought to public attention when Edwin Sutherland argued whether crime was “historical” or “situational” (Preaux, 2015) . Sutherland is often called the "father of American criminology" because of his research in criminology. For the offender, situational crime prevention makes crimes require more effort, more risk, and reduces the reward the offender gets (Preaux, 2015). The way it works is by preventing the person from committing the crime or by changing the offender's thoughts about committing the crime. As these new crime prevention methods come into the world, crime rates can be slowly reduced. Specific areas are usually addressed, usually the most problematic areas. According to the National Council for Crime Prevention, in 1981 there were 52.3 accidents per 1,000 people and in 2004 the figure dropped to 21.1 accidents per 1,000 people. (National Council for Crime Prevention, n.d.) These numbers reflect violent crimes such as murders, rapes, robberies, etc. This is a major change and if you calculate this change it means that violent crimes have reduced by approximately 40% over the period of 23