AreaCollective efficacy may be defined as ________. an approach that employs problem-solving strategies to identify ways to prevent crimes by getting to root causes a pursuit of justice that goes beyond the traditional three tasks of criminal justice: apprehension, conviction, and punishment an approach that combines three contemporary justice innovations: community policing, environmental crime prevention, and restorative justice mutual trust among neighbors, combined with willingness to intervene on behalf of the common good, especially to supervise children and maintain public order