Crime Prevention
Approaches, Practices and Evaluations
- 7th Edition - May 26, 2010
- Imprint: Anderson
- Author: Steven P. Lab
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 3 7 7 - 7 8 9 2 - 2
Crime Prevention: Approaches, Practices, and Evaluations explores research on crime prevention. The principles and strategies discussed are categorically organized as primary,… Read more
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Request a sales quoteCrime Prevention: Approaches, Practices, and Evaluations explores research on crime prevention. The principles and strategies discussed are categorically organized as primary, secondary, and tertiary preventions. Primary prevention is designed to prevent conditions that foster deviance, secondary prevention is for conditions and persons with a high potential for deviance, and the tertiary category is for persons who have already committed offences. The book is divided into three sections all of which are based on the three levels of crime prevention. The introductory part of the book covers the crime and its fundamentals such as victimization, the costs of crime, divergent findings about crime and fear, and the development of crime prevention and evaluation. Section 1 presents primary prevention and its principles and methods; sections 2 and 3 cover secondary and tertiary prevention, respectively, including discussions about situational prevention, partnerships for crime prevention and the politics of prevention procedures. The chapters in each section include up-to-date tables and outlines, key terms, learning objectives, Web links and glossary. Students, novices, and practitioners in the criminal justice field, advanced upper-level programs and courses, professional criminalists, and police and law enforcement officers will find this text an essential reference.
- Key terms and learning objectives supplement each chapter.
- A glossary defines terms from the text.
Students and beginning professionals in the criminal justice field.
Chapter 1 Crime and the Fear of Crime
The Problem of Crime in Society
Official Measures of Crime
Measuring Victimization
Summary
The Costs of Crime/Victimization
The Fear of Crime
The Discovery of Fear
Defining Fear
Measuring Fear
The Level of Fear
Fear and Crime
Fear and Demographics
Explaining the Divergent Findings
Fear Summary
Summary
Chapter 2 Crime Prevention
Crime Prevention Through the Ages
Summary
Defining Crime Prevention
The Crime Prevention Model
Primary Crime Prevention
Secondary Crime Prevention
Tertiary Crime Prevention
Alternate Models and Crime Science
Summary
Chapter 3 Evaluation and Crime Prevention
Types of Evaluation
Impact Evaluation
Process Evaluation
Cost-Benefit Evaluations
Theory and Measurement in Evaluation
Theoretical Concerns
Measurement Issues
Follow-Up Periods
Summary
The Method for Evaluation
Experimental Design
Realistic Evaluation
Summary
An Overview of the Book
Section I Primary Prevention
Chapter 4 The Physical Environment and Crime
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
Implementation of Environmental Design
The Impact of Physical Design
Product Design
Incivility, Disorder, and Crime
Summary
Chapter 5 Neighborhood Crime Prevention
Types of Neighborhood Crime Prevention Approaches
Evaluation of Neighborhood Crime Prevention
Citizen Participation and Support
Chapter Summary
Chapter 6 Displacement and Diffusion
Crime Displacement
Diffusion
Offender Choice and Mobility
Evidence of Displacement and Diffusion
Implications of Displacement and Diffusion
Chapter 7 The Mass Media and Crime Prevention
The Media and Crime
Mass Media Crime Prevention Activities
The Media’s Responsibility for Crime Prevention
Summary
Chapter 8 General Deterrence
Deterrence
Perceptions and Deterrence
Summary
Section II Secondary Prevention
Chapter 9 Prediction for Secondary Prevention
Predicting Future Offending
Risk Factors and Prediction
Predicting Places and Events
Implications for Crime Prevention
Chapter 10 Situational Crime Prevention
The Growth of Situational Prevention
The Theoretical Basis
The Process of Situational Prevention
Situational Typologies
Issues and Concerns with Situational Prevention
Situational Prevention Studies
Summary
Chapter 11 Partnerships for Crime Prevention
Community Policing
Problem Identification
Partnership Efforts and Assessment
Successful Partnerships
Summary
Chapter 12 Drugs, Crime, and Crime Prevention
The Scope of Drug Use
The Drugs-Crime Connection
Interventions and Prevention
Drugs and Crime Prevention
Chapter 13 The School and Crime Prevention
Theoretical Views
Educational Factors and Delinquency
School Programs for Delinquency Prevention
The Future of School/Educational Programs in Crime Prevention
Section III Tertiary Prevention
Chapter 14 Specific Deterrence and Incapacitation
The Specific Deterrent Effect of Criminal Sanctions
Incapacitation
Future Implications
Chapter 15 Rehabilitation
The “What Works?” Argument
Evaluations of Recent Rehabilitation Programs
Assessing Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention
Chapter 16 Some Closing Thoughts on Crime Prevention and the Future
The State of the Evidence
Improving Our Knowledge
Recognizing the Diversity in Crime Prevention
Summary
Glossary
References
Name Index
Subject Index
- Edition: 7
- Published: May 26, 2010
- Imprint: Anderson
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN: 9781437778922
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Steven P. Lab
Steven P. Lab is Professor and Director of the Criminal Justice Program and Chair of the Department of Human Services at Bowling Green State University. His research interests include victims of crime, crime prevention, juvenile delinquency, and school crime. Lab received his Ph.D. in Criminology from Florida State University in 1982. He has been a faculty member at Bowling Green since 1987. His primary research interests are in crime prevention and juvenile justice; he is the author of three textbooks and two edited works, and has published more than 30 articles on various topics.
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