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

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Welsh, Brandon C. (Editor), Farrington, David P. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Criminology.; Social Sciences.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.

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 fo...

Table of Contents:

• What Works for Children
• Evidence-Based Crime Prevention
• Early Parent Training
• Child Social Skills Training
• What Works for Offenders
• Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions
• Boot Camps
• Scared Straight and Other Juvenile Awareness Programs
• Incarceration-Based Drug Treatment
• Costs and Benefits of Sentencing
• What Works for Victims
• Mandated Batterer Intervention Programs to Reduce Domestic Violence
• Restorative Justice to Reduce Victimization
• Preventing Repeat Residential Burglary Victimization
• What Works for Places
• Policing Crime Hot Spots
• Closed-Circuit Television Surveillance
• Improved Street Lighting
• Policy Choices for A Safer Society
• Conclusions and Directions From Evidence-Based Crime Prevention.