Crime Prevention

Principles, Perspectives and Practices

Adam Sutton, Adrian Cherney, Rob White (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

2008
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-68425-5 (ISBN)

Infos

This book argues that contemporary governments can and should embrace crime prevention as a policy alternative to 'law and order'. The book's authors contend that crime prevention strategies should include both social prevention (programs to address social causes of delinquency) and environmental prevention (reducing crime by minimising opportunities).

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Crime Prevention: Principles, Perspectives and Practices provides a comprehensive, example-based overview of prevention theory and practice. Unlike other books, it argues that contemporary governments can and should embrace crime prevention as a policy alternative to 'law and order' and, unlike most criminologists, the book's authors contend that crime prevention strategies should include both social prevention (programs addressing social causes of delinquency) and environmental prevention (reducing crime by minimising opportunities). After arguing the case for prevention, Crime Prevention: Principles, Perspectives and Practices discusses key approaches and analytical frameworks, and explains theories and techniques of both social and environmental prevention. Other issues discussed include program evaluation; crime prevention in Australia, the United Kingdom, other western European countries and the United States; crime prevention in public places; and crime prevention and public disorder. This book is essential reading for professionals and students in the areas of crime prevention, criminology and sociology.

Autor

Adam Sutton is Associate Professor in Criminology in the School of Political Science, Criminology and Sociology at the University of Melbourne. Adrian Cherney is a lecturer in the justice studies program in the Faculty of Law at the Queensland University of Technology. Rob White is a Professor of Sociology in the School of Sociology & Social Work at the University of Tasmania.

Inhalt

Part I. Theory: 1. Introduction: crime prevention and community safety in Australia; 2. Key approaches and analytical frameworks; 3. Social prevention; 4. Environmental prevention; 5. Evaluating crime prevention; Part II. Practice: 6. From research to policy; 7. Crime prevention in public places; 8. Crime prevention and social disorder; 9. Metropolis city: planning the future.

Produkt-Details

• Zusatzinfo: Worked examples or Exercises
• Verlagsort: Cambridge
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 152 x 228 mm
• Gewicht: 310 g
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
• ISBN-10: 0-521-68425-0 / 0521684250
• ISBN-13: 978-0-521-68425-5 / 9780521684255
• Zustand: Neuware