The Prevention of Crime

Provides an integrated and holistic review of effective crime prevention programs, practices and policies, their theoretical grounding, the scientific evidence of their effectiveness, and the practical issues involved in their implementation at the community, state and national levels.

The Prevention of Crime offers a comprehensive yet easy-to-understand overview of crime prevention strategies, such as programs and practices guided by life-course developmental theories of crime, situational crime prevention, law enforcement practices and policies, and correctional interventions. Containing the most up-to-date and accurate information about "what works" in crime prevention, this unique textbook introduces students to the public health and prevention science approaches to addressing the causes of crime, with a focus on prevention-oriented, community-based interventions. Throughout the text, the authors emphasize the importance of using high-quality scientific methodologies t o identify effective and ineffective interventions that are based on theory, provide expert insights on practical issues relating to crime prevention in communities, and discuss how practitioners can effectively implement a range of crime prevention strategies.

Incorporating recent advances and emerging research in the field, the second edition of The Prevention of Crime contains new and updated coverage of developments in criminological theory and evaluation methods, efforts to avoid and correct discriminatory crime prevention practices, understand how and why communities make adaptations to evidence-based interventions (EBI), strategies to investigate and communicate the impact of EBIs on different populations (including members of racial/ethnic minority groups), and more. This edition includes new links to relevant research and internet resources, additional real-world examples, updated crime statistics, and information on recent changes in EBI registries that list crim e prevention interventions.
_ Describes effective interventions that have been developed, tested, and used in the United States and internationally
_ Demonstrates the relationship between criminological theories, research, and practice
_ Discusses the practical challenges of implementing crime prevention strategies and policies
_ Corrects misconceptions about widely-used prevention models shown to be ineffective in reducing crime
_ Draws from cutting-edge conceptual frameworks and the latest research in prevention science and crime prevention

Written to be accessible to students without formal training in research methods, The Prevention of Crime, Second Edition, is an excellent textbook for undergraduate and graduate programs in criminology, criminal justice, and prevention science programs, as well as courses on psychology, public health, sociology, and social work.

Inhaltsverzeichnis:

Preface

Acknowledgements

About the companion website


Section I - Introduction to Crime Prevention


Chapter 1: The Goals and Logic of Crime Prevention


Chapter 2: A Brief History of Crime Prevention


Section II: The Foundations of Prevention Science


Chapter 3: How Theory and Research Inform the Science and Practice of Prevention.


Chapter 4: Evaluation Science


Section III: What Works to Prevent Crime?


Chapter 5: Establishing a Standard for Judging Intervention Effectiveness


Chapter 6: Situational and Legal Crime Prevention Programs, Practices and Policies


Chapter 7: Contextual Interventions


Chapter 8: Individual-Level Crime Prevention: Preventing the Onset of Crime


Chapter 9: Individual-Level: Reducing the Continuity of Offending


Section 4: Crime Prevention in Practice


Chapter 10: Selecting and Implementi ng Effective Crime Prevention Programs, Practices and Policies in Local Communities


Chapter 11: Dissemination and Implementation Science: Taking Effective Crime Prevention Programs, Practices and Policies to Scale


Chapter 12: The Future of Crime Prevention


Index