Preventing Crime

What Works for Children, Offenders, Victims and Places
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-387-69169-5
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 244 Seiten

This book examines evidence-based crime prevention through the use of the rigorous methodology of systematic reviews. It brings together the leading scientific evidence on what works best for a wide range of interventions organized around four important domains in criminology: at-risk children, offenders, victims, and places. It is an indispensable guide to the leading scientific evidence on what works best to prevent crime.

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;TABLE OF CONTENTS;5
2;FOREWORD;7
3;PREFACE;8
4;CHAPTER 1 EVIDENCE- BASED CRIME PREVENTION*;10
5;PART I: WHAT WORKS FOR CHILDREN;27
5.1;CHAPTER 2 EARLY PARENT TRAINING*;28
5.2;CHAPTER 3 CHILD SOCIAL SKILLS TRAINING*;40
6;PART II: WHAT WORKS FOR OFFENDERS;62
6.1;CHAPTER 4 COGNITIVE- BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS*;63
6.2;CHAPTER 5 BOOT CAMPS*;78
6.3;CHAPTER 6 SCARED STRAIGHT AND OTHER JUVENILE AWARENESS PROGRAMS*;92
6.4;CHAPTER 7 INCARCERATION- BASED DRUG TREATMENT*;107
6.5;CHAPTER 8 COSTS AND BENEFITS OF SENTENCING;121
7;PART III: WHAT WORKS FOR VICTIMS;132
7.1;CHAPTER 9 MANDATED BATTERER INTERVENTION PROGRAMS TO REDUCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE*;133
7.2;CHAPTER 10 RESTORATIVE JUSTICE TO REDUCE VICTIMIZATION;148
7.3;CHAPTER 11 PREVENTING REPEAT RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY VICTIMIZATION*;162
8;PART IV: WHAT WORKS FOR PLACES;178
8.1;CHAPTER 12 POLICING CRIME HOT SPOTS*;179
8.2;CHAPTER 13 CLOSED- CIRCUIT TELEVISION SURVEILLANCE*;193
8.3;CHAPTER 14 IMPROVED STREET LIGHTING*;209
9;PART V: POLICY CHOICES FOR A SAFER SOCIETY;225
9.1;CHAPTER 15 CONCLUSIONS AND DIRECTIONS FROM EVIDENCE- BASED CRIME PREVENTION;226
10;INDEX;237