Crime Prevention in America

Name: Crime Prevention in America
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ISBN: 9780132253772

ISBN-10: 0132253771

ISBN-13: 9780132253772

Edition: 2007

Authors: Dean John Champion

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Crime prevention is multidimensional: Police, community residents, the courts, the correctional community and intervention programs all play a role in it.Crime Prevention in the United Statesis a collection of readings that explore each area of crime prevention including its history; the impact of law enforcement, the courts, and corrections; juvenile delinquency and its prevention; and crime prevention programs for selected offenses. nbsp;Drawing on a variety of sources, these forty-nine articles address the most compelling issues in crime prevention such as early intervention techniques, crime mapping, sentencing strategies, program evaluations and more!The mediarsquo;s coverage of crime…

Book details

List price: $130.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 8/11/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 576
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English




examines crime prevention generally and is designed to inform readers about what crime prevention means and how it applies to different criminal justice components



exams law enforcement efforts to prevent crime



examines how the courts have been involved in deterring offenders by focusing on sentencing and its consequences



is an examination of the broad area of corrections, including institutional corrections and community corrections, and how these respective aggregates have acted to rehabilitate and/or reintegrate offenders, thereby reducing their recidivism potential



examines delinquency and its prevention



concludes with a presentation of several program evaluations of crime prevention interventions in various jurisdictions