Evidence is cited to show that crime prevention is more effective when it targets clearly defined and specific recipients and less effective when it is not directed and recipients are general or unspecified. The issue of targeting is extended to include providers of crime prevention actions. The first four chapters of the volume consider perspectives on crime prevention, with consideration paid to the current state and roles and responsibilities of crime prevention, the trend in crime prevention toward devolution from the state to the community level, crime causes, crime prevention strategies, and theories of the criminal act and the intervention process. The next three chapters focus on the role of the community in crime prevention, while subsequent chapters examine the effectiveness of community policing and police-community cooperation in crime prevention. Final chapters are organized in three parts: (1) targeting offenses, offenders, victims, and places; (2) targeting estates and residential areas; and (3) targeting young people and potential offenders. These chapters focus on problem-solving policing, the role of police in crime prevention, high-crime areas, estate and residential area security, youth crime prevention, and the importance of families and schools in crime prevention. References, footnotes, tables, and figures