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Record Nr.

UNINA9910348219203321

Autore

Schneider Richard H (Richard Harold), <1947-, >

Titolo

Planning for crime prevention : a transatlantic perspective / / Richard H. Schneider and Ted Kitchen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002

ISBN

1-134-54925-3

1-280-04761-5

0-415-24137-5

1-134-54926-1

0-203-64505-7

Descrizione fisica

xxiv, 331 p. : ill

Collana

The RTPI library series

Altri autori (Persone)

KitchenTed

Disciplina

364.4/9/0941

Soggetti

Crime prevention - United States

Crime prevention - Great Britain

City planning - United States

City planning - Great Britain

Crime prevention and architectural design

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: PART 1 CONTEXT AND KEY IDEAS 1 -- 01 Crime, costs and the quality of life 3 -- 02 Crime trends in the USA and in Britain 29 -- 03 Echoes from the past: caves, castles, citadels, walls and trenches 65 -- 04 Basic theories and principles of place-based crime prevention planning 91 --PART 2 POLICY AND PRACTICE 119 -- 05 American policy and practice 121 -- 06 Case studies in North America 155 -- 07 British policy and practice 183 -- 08 British case studies 219 --PART 3 COMPARISONS AND KEY ISSUES 259 -- 09 Some Anglo-American comparisons 261 -- 10 The way forward 287.