Beschreibung:
David P. Farrington, Doris Layton MacKenzie, Lawrence W. Sherman, Brandon C. Welsh
Reviewing more than 600 scientific evaluations of programs intended to prevent crime, this book is an understandable source of information about what works, what does not work and what is promising in preventing crime.
1. Preventing Crime 2. The Maryland Scientific Method Scale 3. Family-based Crime Prevention 4. School-based Crime Prevention 5. Communities and Crime Prevention 6. Labor Markets and Crime Risk Factors 7. Preventing Crime at Places 8. Policing for Crime Prevention 9. Reducing the Criminal Activities of Known Offenders and Delinquents: Crime Prevention in the Courts and Corrections10. Conclusion: What Works, What Doesn't, What's Promising and Future Directions