The Prevention of Crime
The Prevention of Crime
Editor/Author
Elliott, Delbert and Fagan, Abigail
Publication Year: 2017
Publisher: Wiley
Single-User Purchase Price:
$60.25

Unlimited-User Purchase Price:
$90.38
ISBN: 978-1-118-84359-8
Category: Social Sciences - Criminology & Law
Image Count:
27
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
The Prevention of Crime provides a unique and comprehensive overview of effective crime prevention programs, strategies and policies, demonstrating how criminological theories, research, and practice are interrelated.
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Companion Website
- Section I: Introduction to Crime Prevention
- 1. The Goals and Logic of Crime Prevention
- 2. A Brief History of Crime Prevention
- Section II: The Foundations of Crime Prevention
- 3. How Theory and Research Inform the Science and Practice of Crime Prevention
- 4. Evaluation Science
- 5. Establishing a Standard for Judging Intervention Effectiveness
- Section III: What Works to Prevent Crime?
- 6. Situational and Legal Crime Prevention Practices, Programs, and Policies
- 7. Contextual Interventions
- 8. Individual‐Level Crime Prevention: Preventing the Onset of Crime
- 9. Individual‐Level Crime Prevention: Reducing the Continuity of Offending
- Section IV: Crime Prevention in Practice
- 10. Selecting and Implementing Effective Crime Prevention Practices, Programs, and Policies
- 11. Implementation Science: Taking Effective Crime Prevention Programs, Practices, and Policies to Scale
- 12. The Future of Crime Prevention
- Glossary