| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 440 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preventing crime / Lawrence W. Sherman [and others] -- Maryland Scientific Methods Scale / David P. Farrington [and others] -- Family-based crime prevention / David P. Farrington and Brandon C. Welsh -- School-based crime prevention / Denise G. Gottfredson, David B. Wilson and Stacy Skroban Najaka -- Communities and crime prevention / Brandon C. Welsh and Akemi Hoshi -- Labor markets and crime risk factors / Shawn D. Bushway and Peter Reuter -- Preventing crime at places / John E. Eck -- Policing for crime prevention / Lawrence W. Sherman and John E. Eck -- Reducing the criminal activities of known offenders and delinquents : crime prevention in the courts and corrections / Doris Layton MacKenzie -- Conclusion, What works, what doesn't, what's promising, and future directions / Brandon C. Welsh and David P. Farrington. |
| Summary |
Reviewing more than 600 scientific evaluations of programs intended to prevent crime, this book is an understandable source of information about what works, what does not work and what is promising in preventing crime. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Crime prevention.
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Crime prevention. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Sherman, Lawrence W.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Evidence-based crime prevention. London ; New York : Routledge, 2002 0415270472 (DLC) 2001048447 (OCoLC)47863271 |
| ISBN |
0203166698 (electronic book) |
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9780203166697 (electronic book) |
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0415270472 |
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9780415270472 |
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