Preventing mass transit crime / edited by Ronald V. Clarke.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clarke, R. V. G.

Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

Series:

Crime prevention studies 1065-7029 ; v. 6.

Crime prevention studies, 1065-7029 ; v. 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Local transit crimes--Prevention.

Local transit crimes.

Local transit--Security measures.

Local transit.

Crime prevention.

Physical Description:

257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Monsey, N.Y. : Criminal Justice Press, 1996.

Contents:

Editorial introduction: Crime and the economics of mass transit / Ronald V. Clarke

Redesigning hell : preventing crime and disorder at the Port Authority bus terminal / Marcus Felson et al.

Eliminating pay phone toll fraud at the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan / Gisela Bichler and Ronald V. Clarke

Target hardening at a New York City subway station : decreased fare evasion

at what price? / Robert R. Weidner

Preventing auto theft in suburban Vancouver commuter lots : effects of a bike patrol / Paul Barclay ... [et al.]

Safe transport : security by design on the Washington Metro / Nancy G. La Vigne

Designing for security in Météor, a projected new Metro line in Paris / Marina L. Myhre and Fabien Rosso

Where Angel fears to tread: a test in the New York City Subway of the robbery/density hypothesis / Ronald V. Clarke, Mathieu Belanger and James A. Eastman

The environs of rapid transit stations : a focus for street crime or just another risky place? / Richard Block and Sean Davis.

Notes:

"Sponsored in part by the Center for Crime Prevention Studies, School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey."

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

ISBN:

0960696083

OCLC:

36211098