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Handbook of Crime Prevention and Community Safety

NCJ Number
214069
Editor(s)
Nick Tilley
Date Published
2005
Length
808 pages
Annotation
This book is an edited collection of chapters that discuss aspects of crime prevention and community safety, including an examination of different approaches and means to crime prevention and an examination of the prevention process itself.
Abstract
Five main sections comprise the book, each deals with a different aspect of crime prevention and community safety. Part 1 includes two introductory chapters that underscore the complexity inherent in crime prevention work and critique the “false universalism” found within many crime prevention strategies. Part 3 offers five chapters on different approaches to crime prevention. For example, chapter 3 analyzes criticisms of situational crime prevention strategies, chapter 4 describes the developmental crime prevention perspective, and chapter 5 discusses the development of a crime prevention program designed to curb violent crime in Newark, NJ. The eight chapters in part 3 focus on the means of preventing crime. For example, chapter 8 explores the use of design against crime (DAC) measures and chapter 9 critiques environmental design for control crime. A following chapter focuses on how offenders commit crimes and the resources they depend on to do so, while another argues for a redistribution of the responsibility for public safety. Part 3 presents six chapters focused on prevention in practice. For example, chapter 16 discusses various prevention approaches for violent and sexual crimes, chapter 17 examines the intersection of drug use and alcohol abuse and crime problems, and chapter 18 reviews the prevention of crimes against businesses. Chapter 19 explores the effectiveness of crime prevention techniques aimed at reducing domestic burglary while chapter 20 describes the motor vehicle theft problem in Britain and its prevention. Four chapters in part 3 complete the book with a focus on the preventive process. For example, chapter 22 explores crime pattern analysis for preventive purposes, chapter 23 explores the processes necessary for the development of effective prevention responses, and chapter 25 examines the difficulties inherent in sustaining effective partnerships for crime prevention. Tables, figures, boxes, notes, references, glossary, index