Preventing Crime and Violence (Advances in Prevention Science) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3319441221 ISBN 13: 9783319441221

Publisher: Springer, 2016

Synopsis

This insightful volume integrates criminological theories, prevention science, and empirical findings to create an up-to-date survey of crime prevention research and strategies. Its interdisciplinary perspective expands on our knowledge of risk factors to isolate the malleable mechanisms that produce criminal outcomes, and can therefore be targeted for intervention.  In addition, the text identifies developmental, lifespan, and social areas for effective intervention. Reviews of family-, community-, and criminal justice-based crime prevention approaches not only detail a wide gamut of successful techniques, but also provide evidence for why they succeed. And as an extra research dimension, the book’s chapters on methodological issues and challenges uncover rich possibilities for the next generation of crime prevention studies. 

Included in the coverage: 

• Integrating criminology and prevention research
  
• Social disorganization theory: its history and relevance to crime prevention
  
• Research designs in crime and violence prevention
  
• Macro- and micro-approaches to crime prevention and intervention programs
  
• Implications of life course: approaches for prevention science
  
• Promising avenues for prevention, including confronting sexual victimization on college campuses
  

Spotlighting current progress and continuing evolution of the field, Preventing Crime and Violence will enhance the work of researchers, practitioners, academicians, and policymakers in public health, prevention science, criminology, and criminal justice, as well as students interested in criminology and criminal justice.

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This insightful volume integrates criminological theories, prevention science, and empirical findings to create an up-to-date survey of crime prevention research and strategies. Its interdisciplinary perspective expands on our knowledge of risk factors to isolate the malleable mechanisms that produce criminal outcomes, and can therefore be targeted for intervention.  In addition, the text identifies developmental, lifespan, and social areas for effective intervention. Reviews of family-, community-, and criminal justice-based crime prevention approaches not only detail a wide gamut of successful techniques, but also provide evidence for why they succeed. And as an extra research dimension, the book’s chapters on methodological issues and challenges uncover rich possibilities for the next generation of crime prevention studies. 

Included in the coverage: 

Integrating criminology and prevention research

Social disorganization theory: its history and relevance to crime prevention

Research designs in crime and violence prevention

Macro- and micro-approaches to crime prevention and intervention programs

Implications of life course: approaches for prevention science

Promising avenues for prevention, including confronting sexual victimization on college campuses

Spotlighting current progress and continuing evolution of the field, Preventing Crime and Violence will enhance the work of researchers, practitioners, academicians, and policymakers in public health, prevention science, criminology, and criminal justice, as well as students interested in criminology and criminal justice.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319441221
• ISBN 13: 9783319441221
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 395
• Editor: Teasdale Brent, Bradley Mindy S.