Preventing Crime: What Works for Children, Offenders, Victims and Places

Welsh, Brandon C.; Welsh, Brandon C.; Farrington, David P.

ISBN 10: 0387691685 / ISBN 13: 9780387691688

Published by Springer (edition First Edition), 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Preventing Crime: What Works for Children, Offenders, Victims and Places
• Publisher: Springer (edition First Edition)
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387691685
• ISBN 13: 9780387691688
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Crime prevention should be rational and should be based on the best possible evidence. This book is about evidence-based crime prevention. It is the first book to assess the effectiveness of criminological interventions using the most rigorous methodology of the systematic review. It is an indispensable guide to the leading scientific evidence on what works best to prevent crime. The book brings together the leading scientific evidence. It covers important and topical interventions, including child skills training, cognitive-behavioral therapy, restorative justice, repeat victimization, hot spots policing, and CCTV.

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Crime prevention should be rational and should be based on the best possible evidence. Decision-makers should weigh heavily any available evidence on what works best. How can a program that has produced no discernable evidence of effectiveness, as shown through numerous evaluations, be considered for implementation? Unfortunately, this happens all the time. Evidence-based crime prevention attempts to overcome this and other obstacles by ensuring that the best available evidence is considered in any decision to implement a program designed to prevent crime. This book is about evidence-based crime prevention.

A project of the Campbell Collaboration Crime and Justice Group, Preventing Crime brings together the leading scientific evidence on what works best for a wide range of interventions organized around four important domains in criminology: at-risk children, offenders, victims, and places. It is the first book to assess the effectiveness of criminological interventions using the most rigorous review methodology of the systematic review. It is an indispensable guide to the leading scientific evidence on what works best to prevent crime.