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CITIZEN CRIME PREVENTION TACTICS - A LITERATURE REVIEW AND SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

NCJ Number
65156
Editor(s)
J T S DUNCAN, J SLONE
Date Published
1980
Length
121 pages
Annotation
A LITERATURE REVIEW ON INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE CRIME PREVENTION INITIATIVES AND ON THE CONCEPT AND HISTORY OF CRIME PREVENTION PRECEDES A SELECTED AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON PREVENTION CONTAINING 113 ENTRIES.
Abstract
THE LITERATURE REVIEWED DESCRIBES SIGNIFICANT CRIME PREVENTION ACTIVITIES AT THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL AND INCLUDES RESIDENTIAL SECURITY SURVEYS, PROPERTY-MARKING PROGRAMS, RESIDENTIAL SECURITY SYSTEMS, PERSONAL PROTECTION MEASURES AGAINST CRIME IN THE STREETS, AND RAPE PREVENTION METHODS. IT EMPHASIZES CITIZEN AWARENESS AS A PARAMOUNT FACTOR IN AVOIDING VICTIMIZATION. COLLECTIVE CITIZEN EFFORTS RANGING FROM NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECTS TO AREAWIDE AND EVEN NATIONAL PROGRAMS ARE EXAMINED. A BIBLIOGRAPHY PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF COMMUNITY CRIME PREVENTION. LISTINGS ARE SELECTED FROM THE NCJRS COLLECTION AND ARE ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY AUTHOR. THE BIBLIOGRAPHY IS DIVIDED INTO SEVERAL CATEGORIES--COMMUNITY CRIME PREVENTION, INDIVIDUAL CRIME PREVENTION INITIATIVES, AND COLLECTIVE CRIME PREVENTION INITIATIVES. AN APPENDIX LISTS DOCUMENT SOURCES. ORDERING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED, BUT NO INDEX IS INCLUDED.