After describing the historical basis of crime prevention, the authors present an authoritative summary of several main crime prevention orientations, including self-protection, situational crime prevention, and community organization. Self-protection strategies represent steps people take to feel safer by acting against those who might victimize them. Situational strategies are based on the well-established notion that crimes occur most often in particular places, times, and circumstances. Community organization involves broader and stronger roles for citizens in preventing crime. The book is organized in six parts: (1) problem of crime control and prevention; (2) community awareness, mobilization, and participation; (3) personal and neighborhood defense; (4) environmental modifications that reduce criminal opportunities; (5) resource mobilization, partnerships, and social prevention; and (6) conclusions and policy implications. References and tables