Crime prevention benefits everyone, including would-be criminals saved from the negative consequences of offending. Yet much of today's policy on preventing crime is driven by political ideology and anecdotal evidence, with insufficient planning and evaluation. Improving the practice of crime prevention is vital to ensure communities are safe and productive for all who live in them. However, crime is complex, the causes of crime are complex and, consequently, diverse methods are required to make the very large reductions in offending urgently needed around the world. This book contributes to improved practice in crime prevention, primarily through the lessons from successful projects. It provides an overview of current research in the field, and an exposition of some of the best case-studies from the past - including in the areas of property crime, fraud, violence and disorder - which demonstrate large-scale successes in prevention. The book is a must-read for security practitioners, crime prevention and community safety officers, police, research and policy officers, politicians, and students and academics in the field. Featuring an impressive list of contributors, Understanding Crime Prevention covers a wide spectrum of topics and approaches, designed to address crime problems from multiple angles. These include:
* standards in crime prevention
* policing, deterrence and incapacitation
* offender management and rehabilitation
* developmental interventions
* community-based prevention
* situational crime prevention
* crime prevention through environmental design
* security management
* physical security and people management, and
* the security industry.
Edited by:
Tim Prenzler
Imprint: Australian Academic Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 140mm,
Weight: 502g
ISBN: 9781922117939
ISBN 10: 1922117935
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 19 June 2017
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
About the Authors Preface 1. Crime Prevention: Setting Standards Lyndel Bates, David Belsham, and Toby Miles-Johnson 2. Policing, Deterrence and Incapacitation Jacqueline M. Drew 3. Offender Management and Rehabilitation Mary Baker and Nadine McKillop 4. Developmental Interventions Gabriel T.W. Wong and Matthew Manning 5. Community-based Prevention Philip Birch and Tim Prenzler 6. The Evolution of Situational Crime Prevention Tim Prenzler and Eric Wilson 7. Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design: Evolution, Theory and Practic Mateja Mihinjac and Danielle Reynald 8. Reducing Property Crime and Fraud: Twelve Case Studies Tim Prenzler 9. Reducing Violence and Disorder: Seven Case Studies Tim Prenzler and Mateja Mihinjac 10. Principles of Security Management Rick Draper, Jessica Ritchie, and Tim Prenzler 11. Best Practice in Physical Security and People Management Rick Draper, Jessica Ritchie, Eric Wilson, and Tim Prenzler 12. The Security Industry and Crime Prevention Tim Prenzler and Rick Sarre
Tim Prenzler is Professor of Criminology and Program Coordinator of the Bachelor of Criminology and Justice at the University of the Sunshine Coast. From 2008 to 2014 he was a Chief Investigator in the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security, based at Griffith University, where he managed the Integrity Systems Project and worked in the Frontline Policing Project. He was also a foundation member of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith, from 1991.
