Crime prevention : approaches, practices and evaluations / / Steven P. Lab

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910464436403321
• Autore: Lab Steven P.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015
• ISBN: 1-138-12934-8; 1-315-72192-9; 1-317-52345-8
• Edizione: [8th ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (450 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.40973
• Soggetti: Crime prevention - United States; Crime prevention - United States - Evaluation; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "First published 2014 by Anderson Publishing"--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; ONLINE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT RESOURCES; PREFACE TO THE EIGHTH EDITION; Chapter 1 Crime and the Fear of Crime; The Problem of Crime in Society; The Costs of Crime/Victimization; The Fear of Crime; Summary; Chapter 2 Crime Prevention; Crime Prevention through the Ages; Defining Crime Prevention; Crime Prevention Classifications; Chapter 3 Evaluation and Crime Prevention; Types of Evaluation; Theory and Measurement in Evaluation; The Method for Evaluation; An Overview of the Book; Section 1 Primary Prevention; Chapter 4 The Physical Environment and CrimeCrime Prevention through Environmental Design; Implementation of Environmental Design; Impact of Physical Design; Product Design; Incivility, Disorder, and Crime; Summary; Chapter 5 Neighborhood Crime Prevention; Types of Neighborhood Crime Prevention Approaches; Building Guardianship; Evaluation of Neighborhood Crime Prevention; Citizen Participation and Support; Chapter Summary; Chapter 6 Displacement and Diffusion; Crime Displacement; Diffusion; Offender Choice and Mobility; Evidence of Displacement and Diffusion; Implications of Displacement and DiffusionChapter 7 The Mass Media ; and Crime Prevention; The Media and Crime; Mass Media Crime Prevention Activities; The Media's Responsibility for Crime Prevention; Summary; Chapter 8 Developmental Crime Prevention; Background; Risk Factors and Developmental Prevention; Programs; Developmental Concerns; Summary; Chapter 9 General Deterrence; Deterrence; The Deterrent Effect of Legal Sanctions; Perceptions and Deterrence; Summary; Section 2 Secondary Prevention; Chapter 10 Prediction for Secondary Prevention; Predicting Future Offending; Risk Factors and PredictionPredicting Places and Events; Implications for Crime Prevention; Chapter 11 Situational Crime Prevention; The Growth of Situational Prevention; The Theoretical Basis; Situational Typologies; Issues and Concerns with Situational Prevention; Implementing Situational Prevention; Situational Prevention Studies; Summary; Chapter 12 Partnerships for Crime Prevention; Community Policing; Problem Identification; Partnership Efforts and Assessment; Successful Partnerships; Summary; Chapter 13 Drugs, Crime, and Crime Prevention; The Scope of Drug Use; The Drugs-Crime ConnectionInterventions and Prevention; Drugs and Crime Prevention; Chapter 14 The School and Crime Prevention; Theoretical Views; Educational Factors and Delinquency; Responses to In-School Victimization; School Programs for Delinquency Prevention; The Future of School and Educational Programs in Crime Prevention; Section 3 Tertiary Prevention; Chapter 15 Specific Deterrence and Incapacitation; The Specific Deterrent Effect of Criminal Sanctions; Incapacitation; Future Implications; Chapter 16 Rehabilitation; The "What Works?" Argument; Evaluations of Rehabilitation Programs; Assessing Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines several types of crime prevention approaches and their goals, including those that are designed to prevent conditions that foster deviance, those directed toward persons or conditions with a high potential for deviance, and those for persons who have already committed crimes. This edition provides research and information on all aspects of crime prevention, including the physical environment and crime, neighborhood crime prevention, the mass media and crime prevention, crime displacement and diffusion, prediction, community policing, drugs, schools, and electronic monitoring