Crime Prevention: Facts, Fallacies and the Future

ISBN-13: 9780333921289 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 250 str.

Henry Shaftoe

Opis

Much of the debate about how to prevent crime feeds off misinformation, moral panics and retributional rage. This lively and thought-provoking book aims to get to the core of the debates surrounding the prevention of crime. Taking an interdisciplinary approach to this complex topic, it illustrates the key role to be played in the prevention of crime by a number of professions such as housing managers, planners, teachers, youth workers, social workers, health visitors and, equally important, by lay citizens. Accessibly written and introducing a wide range of theories and issues from both academic literature and field-based research, Crime Prevention provides a balanced and wide-ranging account for all concerned with crime and its prevention.

Spis treści

Key Themes and Principles.- Fascination and Procrastination.- The Facts about Crime, Offenders and Victimisation.- Crime, Deviance and the Individual Offender.- Crime and the Environment.- Crime Control Models and Frameworks.- From Theory to Practice: Comparing, Implementing and Evaluating Policies.- The Politics and the Failures in Crime Control.- What Works.- Future Prospects.- Recommended Further Reading and Websites.- References and General Bibliography.

O autorze

HENRY SHAFTOE is Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Community Safety and Crime Prevention at the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. With a background in social work, community development and architectural design, he is a proponent of the importance of integrating social and environmental factors in any strategy to create safer communities.