The approach to crime prevention based on increased surveillance (such as CCTV and Neighborhood Watch schemes) and target hardening (such as a car immobilizers and better home security) is known as what ?

A. situational crime prevention

B. deviance reduction theory

C. the new criminology

D. broken windows theory

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