Policing Problem Places Crime Hot Spots and Effective Prevention

Name: Policing Problem Places Crime Hot Spots and Effective Prevention
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ISBN: 9780195341966

ISBN-10: 0195341961

ISBN-13: 9780195341966

Edition: 2009

Authors: Anthony A. Braga, David L. Weisburd

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In recent years, crime scholars and practitioners have pointed to the potential benefits of focusing crime prevention efforts on crime places. A number of studies suggest that crime is not spread evenly across city landscapes. Rather, there is significant clustering of crime in small places,or "hot spots," that generate a vastly disproportionate number of criminal events. Even within the most crime-ridden neighborhoods, crime clusters at a few discrete locations and other areas are relatively crime free. A number of researchers have argued that many crime problems can be addressed moreefficiently if police officers focus their attention on these deviant places. The appeal of focusing…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/7/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.716
Language: English