Crime and violence prevention : moving beyond hot-stove policing and perpetrator rehabilitation / Myra F. Taylor, Umneea Khan, and Julie Ann Pooley, editors.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Taylor, Myra, 1962- editor.
• Umneea Khan, editor.
• Pooley, Julie Ann, editor.

Series:

• Law, crime and law enforcement.
• Law, crime and law enforcement

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Crime.
• Crime prevention.
• Violence--Prevention.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Nova publishers, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Why do we need to focus on crime and violence prevention in children, adolescents and young adults? Because it is vital to start when offending behaviours first appear. If we fail to stop initial acts of antisocial tendencies and criminality, then these actions become the staging point for a life-long trajectory into adult crime. Breaking the offending cycle during its early stages is one of the most cost effective ways of building a less violent and crime-ridden future society. The reader might well ask: "How is it possible to break the offending cycle and reduce crime on a local, national and international scale?" The well-worn response has oscillated between the introduction of punitive 'harsher penalties' and offender rehabilitation program initiatives. The choice of which of these two approaches holds sway depends on the political agenda of the government in power. Whilst various aspects of each approach have been successful in deterring crime and violence to some extent, they have not been successful enough, as crime and violence perpetration remains a perplexing social issue. What emanates out of the presented research is the emergence of a third global values-driven educative approach to crime and violence prevention, which is slowly beginning to be implemented. This third approach works by challenging and changing the existing pervasive belief that crime and violence are inevitable. The exciting prospect for governments, police, and criminologists is that it is not prohibitively expensive; it complements the existing punitive and rehabilitative approaches, and it is implementable on an offender-by-offender, family-by-family, community-by-community and society-by-society basis. In this regard, examples of current crime and violence prevention initiatives are presented. The book deems which ones are and are not effective in reducing offenses, as well as introduces the steps being considered to introduce a global values-driven educative approach to crime and violence prevention.

Contents:

• CRIME AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION MOVING BEYOND HOT-STOVE POLICING AND PERPETRATOR REHABILITATION ; CRIME AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION MOVING BEYOND HOT-STOVE POLICING AND PERPETRATOR REHABILITATION ; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; SECTION ONE: INTRODUCTION ; Chapter 1 CRIME AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION: STEPS TOWARDS BUILDING A LESS VIOLENT AND LESS CRIME RIDDEN FUTURE SOCIETY; ABSTRACT ; SECTION ONE: INTRODUCTION ; Chapter 1: Crime and Violence Prevention: Steps towards Building a Less Violent and Less Crime Ridden Future Society
• Chapter 4: Neighbourhood Violence: An Initial Evaluation of Gatecrashers Who Swarm Residential Areas and Through Their Unruly Actions Cause Parties to Go Out-of-Control and Necessitate Police Attendance SECTION THREE: PARENTAL EXPERIENCES OF SOCIETAL BLAME ; Chapter 5: Mother Blame: The Resilience and Decision-Making Abilities of Mothers with a School-Aged Child Who Has Been Accused of Bullying ; Chapter 6: The Influence of Parent Blame on the Willingness of Parents of Adolescent Offenders to Participate in Court Directed Parenting Programs: A Systematic Review
• Chapter 10: Childhood Onset Conduct Disorder: Breaking the Cycle of Crime and Violence Early Though the Implementation of the KooLKIDS School-Based Interactive Intervention Program Chapter 11: A Contemporary Review of Childhood Antisocial Behaviour in School Settings ; Chapter 12: Developing a Comprehensive, Evidence-Based Strategy for Violence Prevention: Lessons Learned from Alberta, Canada

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63483-821-1