Crime Prevention Approaches, Practices, and Evaluations
“Crime Prevention Approaches, Practices, and Evaluations” by Steven P. Lab, published by Routledge in 2016, is a comprehensive resource spanning 452 pages. This 9th edition addresses the needs of students and instructors by providing evidence-based and impartial coverage of crime origins and public policies aimed at reducing deviance. The book explores various strategies for crime prevention, including primary, secondary, and tertiary measures, each designed to tackle different aspects of criminal behavior.
Readers will find a detailed examination of crime prevention methods, including the influence of the physical environment, neighborhood crime prevention initiatives, community policing, and issues related to crime in schools. The text also discusses contemporary topics such as electronic monitoring and home confinement. Lab presents a balanced discussion of the complexities surrounding crime prevention, ensuring that the content is accessible and informative for those interested in social science and criminology.
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Crime Prevention: Approaches, Practices, and Evaluations, 9th Edition, meets the needs of students and instructors for engaging, evidence-based, impartial coverage of the origins of crime, as well as of public policy that can reduce or prevent deviance. The book examines a range of approaches to preventing crime and elucidates their respective goals. Strategies include primary prevention measures designed to prevent conditions that foster deviance; secondary prevention measures directed toward persons or conditions with a high potential for deviance; and tertiary prevention measures to deal with 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 programs, community policing, crime in schools, and electronic monitoring and home confinement. Lab offers a thorough and well-rounded discussion of the many sides of the crime prevention debate, in clear and accessible language.
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