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Perspectives on crime reduction - England Ashgate Publishing Company Ltd. 2000 - 420p xiii

Table of contents
Introduction - paradigms and politics;
Part 1 Frameworks: a conceptual model of crime prevention, P.J. Brantingham and L. Faust;
preventing crime - what works, what doesn't, what's promising, L.W. Sherman et al;
Part 2 Paradigms: the Chicago Area Project - a 25-year assessment, S. Kobrin;
from delinquency treatment to community development, A.J. Kahn; crime and the criminologies, J.Q. Wilson;
Part 3 Activating the community: community crime prevention - an analysis of a developing strategy, D.A. Lewis and G. Salem; broken windows - the police and neighbourhood safety, J.Q. Wilson and G. Kelling;
two visions of community crime prevention, E. Currie;
neighbourhoods and violent crime - a multi-level study of collective efficacy, R.J. Sampson et al;
Part 4 Opportunities and risks: social change and crime rate trends - a routine activities approach, L.E. Cohen and M. Felson; situational crime prevention - theory and practice, R.V.G. Clarke;
revictimization - reducing the heat on hot victims, K. Pease and G. Laycock;
Part 5 Preventing criminality: early developmental prevention of juvenile delinquency, D.P. Farrington;
what works in preventing criminality, J. Graham;
Part 6 Political programmes: crime, localities and the multi-agency approach, A. Sampson, H. Blagg et al;
social crime prevention a la Thatcher, M. King;
crime prevention and the safer cities story, N. Tilley; the "dream" of multi-agency crime prevention - pitfalls in policy and practice, R. Walters;
community safety and the quest for security - holding back the dynamics of social exclusion;
Part 7 Politics of community - politics of risk: the limits of the sovereign state - strtegies of crime control in contemporary society, D. Garland;
the future of policing, D.H. Bayley and C.D. Shearing; the local politics of inclusion - the state and community safety, J. Pitts and T. Hope;
communitarianism and law and order, G. Hughes.

ISBN: 9780754620358

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Combat Crimes - Government Policies - Essay2. Crime Prevention - Citizen - Participation 3. Crime Prevention - Government Policies - U K4. Crime Prevention - Social Aspects - U K

Dewey Class. No.: 364.400000 / HOP