Preventing crime : what works, what doesn't, what's promising : a report to the United States Congress / prepared for the National Institute of Justice ; by Lawrence W. Sherman ... [and others] ; in collaboration with members of the graduate program, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Sherman, Lawrence W.

National Institute of Justice (U.S.)

University of Maryland at College Park.

Series:

Research report (National Institute of Justice (U.S.))

Research report

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime prevention--Research--Maryland--College Park.

Crime prevention.

Criminal justice, Administration of--Research--Maryland--College Park.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Federal aid to law enforcement agencies--Research--Maryland--College Park.

Federal aid to law enforcement agencies.

Research.

Criminal justice, Administration of--Research.

Crime prevention--Research.

Maryland.

Maryland--College Park.

Physical Description:

1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, [1997]

Contents:

Introduction : the congressional mandate to evaluate ; Thinking about crime prevention ; Communities and crime prevention ; Family-based crime prevention / Lawrence W. Sherman

School-based crime prevention / Denise C. Gottfredson

Labor markets and crime risk factors / Shawn Bushway and Peter Reuter

Preventing crime at places / John Eck

Policing for crime prevention / Lawrence W. Sherman

Criminal justice and crime prevention / Doris Layton MacKenzie

Conclusions : the effectiveness of local crime prevention funding / Lawrence W. Sherman.

Notes:

"Supported by ... grant number 96-MU-MU-0019 to the University of Maryland at College Park."

Shipping list no.: 97-0286-P.

"February 1997."

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

249054297