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Building a safer society : strategic approaches to crime prevention / edited by Michael Tonry and David P. Farrington.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Crime and justice (Chicago, Ill.) ; v. 19.
- Crime and justice, 0192-3234 ; v. 19
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crime prevention--United States.
- Crime prevention.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 704 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1995.
- Summary:
- We elect officials in hopes that they will make our communities safer, yet their widely-endorsed law enforcement strategies have little effect on crime rates. Active crime prevention must take into account the diversity of crimes and criminals. High-quality evaluation research designs are needed to convince scholars, policy makers, and practitioners about the effectiveness of crime prevention techniques. "Building a Safer Society," the most comprehensive exposition of research and experience concerning crime prevention ever published, offers a new conceptualization of the subject incorporating developmental, community, situational and law enforcement approaches. This timely collection will especially interest scholars in law, criminal justice, public policy and public administration.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0226808246
- 0226808254
- OCLC:
- 32237374
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