Crime prevention policies in comparative perspective / / edited by Adam Crawford

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910780929603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cullompton, Devon ; ; Portland, Oregon : , : Willan Publishing, , 2009
• ISBN: 9781843927259; 184392725X; 9781134027583; 1134027583; 9781134027514; 1134027516; 9781282462663; 1282462660; 9786612462665; 6612462663
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (293 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 364.4; 364.4094
• Soggetti: Crime prevention - Europe; Crime prevention
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Crime Prevention Policies in Comparative Perspective; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; Introduction: The preventive turn in Europe; 1 Situating crime prevention policies in comparative perspective: policy travels, transfer and translation; 2 The political evolution of situational crime prevention in England and Wales; 3 The preventive turn and the promotion of safer communities in England and Wales: political inventiveness and governmental instabilities; 4 The development of community safety in Scotland: a different path?5 The evolving story of crime prevention in France; 6 Forty years of crime ; prevention in the Dutch polder; 7 'Modernisation' of institutions of social and penal control in Italy/Europe: the 'new' crime prevention; 8 Crime prevention at the Belgian federal level: from a social democratic policy to a neo-liberal and authoritarian policy in a social democratic context; 9 Going around in circles? Reflections on crime prevention strategies in Germany; 10 Crime prevention in Hungary: why is it so hard to argue for the necessity of a community approach?11 International models of crime prevention; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book brings together a collection of leading international experts to explore the lessons learnt through implementation and the future directions of crime prevention policies. Through a comparative analysis of developments in crime prevention policies across a number of European countries, contributors address questions such as: How has 'the preventive turn' in crime control policies been implemented in various different countries and what have its implications been? What lessons have been learnt over the ensuing years and what are the major trends influencing the direction of developm