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: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Criminology.; Social Sciences.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.; Social Sciences, general.

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...