Crime prevention : programs, policies, and practices /: programs, policies, and practices. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Steven E. Barkan, Michael A. Rocque.
• Authors: Barkan, Steven E, 1951-; Rocque, Michael
• Contents: Part I: Introduction: Why Crime Prevention?; Chapter 1: The Crime Problem in the United States; The Amount and Cost of Crime; Unaffordable Justice: The Failure of Mass Incarnation; Conclusion; Chapter 2: Public Health and the Study of Crime Prevention; The Public Health Model; Studying Crime and Crime PRevention; Conclusion; Chapter 3: Setting the Stage: The Individual Roots of Crime; Psychological Factors: Mental Illness and Personality; Cognitive Processes and Motivation: Rational Choice and Deterrence; Chapter 4: Setting the Stage: The Environmental Roots of Crime; Community and Situational Factors; Families, Friends, and Schools; Sociodemographic Correlates of Crime; The Need for Multi-Faceted Crime Prevention; Part II: Primary Crime Prevention: Focus on the Social and Physical Environments; Chapter 5: Economic and Employment Strategies; Poverty and Crime; Employment and Crime; Reducing Poverty and Promoting Stable Employment; Chapter 6: Community and Neighborhood Approaches; Community Risk Factors for Crime; Early Community Crime Prevention Approaches; Community Crime Prevention and Substance Abuse; Difficulties with Community Crime Prevention; Chapter 7: Situational Crime Prevention; Situational Crime Prevention: Background; Theoretical Background: Routine Activities and Rational Choice Theory; Situational Crime Prevention: The Basics; Situational Crime Prevention: Evidence; Situational Crime Prevention: Critiques; Preventing Gun Violence; Part III: Secondary Crime Prevention: Focus on Families, Schools and Peers; Chapter 8: Parents, Children, and Families; Parenting Programs and Crime Prevention; Early Childhood and Family Programs; How do Parent/Family Programs Work?; Preventing Family Violence; Chapter 9: Schools and Crime Prevention; Preventing Crime in the School; Crime Prevention Programs in Schools: Developmental Approaches; Chapter 10: Peers, Gangs and Youth Crime; Peers and Youth Crime; Gangs and Crime; Part IV: Tertiary Crime Prevention: Focus on Criminal Justice; Chapter 11: Policing and Crime Prevention; History of Policing; Deterrence Theory and Policing; What Does Not Work?; What Seems to Work?; Controversies in Police Crime Prevention; Chapter 12: Prisons and Crime Prevention; Prisons: A Brief History; From We Think It Works, To Nothing Works, To What Works; What Works in Prison Corrections; Experiences in Prison and Recidivism; Chapter 13: Community Corrections and Prisoner Reentry; Understanding Probation and Parole; Probation and Crime Prevention; Parole and Crime Prevention; Part V: Conclusion: Final Thoughts on Crime Prevention; Chapter 14: Epilogue: The Promise and Challenge of Crime Prevention; What Have You Learned?; Lessons from Canada and Western Europe; The Future of Crime Prevention in the United States;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 364.4; Crime prevention
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483375106
• Related ISBNs: 9781483375083
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