Handbook of crime prevention and community safety
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Handbook of crime prevention and community safety
Willan Publishing, c2005
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- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Introduction : thinking realistically about crime prevention / Nick Tilley
- Crime prevention in context / Gordon Hughes and Adam Edwards
- Seven misconceptions of situational crime prevention / Ronald V. Clarke
- Developmental crime prevention / Ross Homel
- Community crime reduction : activating formal and informal control / George L. Kelling
- Progress and prospects in the prevention of repeat victimization / Graham Farrell
- Science in the service of crime reduction / Ken Pease
- Designing products against crime / Paul Ekblom
- Planning out crime : the appliance of science or an act of faith? / Henry Shaftoe and Tim Read
- Crime prevention and system design / Nick Tilley
- Complicity, trading dynamics and prevalence in stolen goods markets / Mike Sutton
- Reducing the capacity to offend : restricting resources for offending / Martin Gill
- Using publicity for preventive purposes / Kate Bowers and Shane Johnson
- Youth diversion / Tim Newburn and Anna Souhami
- Shifting and sharing police responsibility to address public safety problems / Michael S. Scott
- The prevention of domestic burglary / Niall Hamilton-Smith and Andrew Kent
- Preventing vehicle crime / Barry Webb
- Business and crime / John Burrows and Matt Hopkins
- Violent and sexual crime / Mike Maguire and Fiona Brookman
- Drugs and alcohol / Tim McSweeney and Mike Hough
- The role of perceptual intervention in the management of crime fear / Jason Ditton and Martin Innes
- Analysis for intervention / Alex Hirschfield
- Deciding what to do / Gloria Laycock
- Evaluation for lesson learning / John E. Eck
- Partnership and crime prevention / Daniel Gilling
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book provides a comprehensive, authoritative and wide-ranging account of the background, theory and practice of crime prevention and community safety. It will be essential reading for anybody with interests in these fields, and will be the major work of reference on this subject for those engaged in the practice, study or teaching of crime prevention.
The book provides a detailed overview of the main theories and perspectives informing crime prevention policy and practice, and includes chapters covering efforts to address a number of the main types of crime problem. It also includes chapters relating to research methodologies used in conducting and evaluating crime prevention initiatives.
Table of Contents
Preface Part 1: Background and context 1. Introduction, Nick Tilley 2. Crime prevention in context, Gordon Hughes and Adam Edwards Part 2: Approaches to prevention Introduction, Nick Tilley 3. Seven misconceptions of situational crime prevention, Ronald V. Clarke 4. Developmental crime prevention, Ross Homel 5. Community crime reduction, George L. Kelling 6. Progress and prospects in the prevention of repeat victimisation, Graham Farrell 7. Science in the service of crime reduction, Ken Pease Part 3:Means of preventing crime Introduction, Nick Tilley 8. Designing products against crime, Paul Ekblom 9. Planning out crime, Henry Shaftoe and Tim Read 10. Crime prevention and system design, Nick Tilley 11. Complicity, trading dynamics and prevalence in stolen goods markets, Mike Sutton 12. Reducing the capacity to offend, Martin Gill 13. Using publicity for preventive purposes, Kate Bowers and Shane Johnson 14. Youth diversion, Tim Newburn and Anna Souhami 15. Shifting and sharing police responsibility to address public safety problems, Michael S. Scott Part 4:Prevention in practice Introduction, Nick Tilley 16. The prevention of domestic burglary, Niall Hamilton-Smith and Andrew Kent 17. Preventing vehicle crime, Barry Webb 18. Business and crime, Matt Hopkins and John Burrows 19. Violent and sexual crime, Mike Maguire and Fiona Brookman 20. Drugs and alcohol, Tim McSweeney and Mike Hough 21. The role of perceptual intervention in the management of crime fear, Jason Ditton and Martin Innes Part 5: The preventive process Introduction, Nick Tilley 22. Analysis for intervention, Alex Hirschfield 23. Deciding what to do, Gloria Laycock 24. Evaluation for lesson learning, John E. Eck 25. Partnership and crime prevention, Daniel Gilling
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