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Handbook of Crime Prevention and Community Safety

Edited by Nick Tilley (UCL Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science)


'Preventing crime and increasing community safety has never been higher on the political or professional radar. This handbook is very timely and very comprehensive just what police officers, policy makers, students, community safety partnerships and communities need to guide good decisions and give clear insights in a complex field.'
- Peter Neyroud (Chief Constable of Thames Valley and Vice President of the Association of Chief Police Officers)
'This Handbook contains chapters by many stars in the field. These are excellent writers with something unique to say.'
- Professor Marcus Felsen (Rutgers University)
Handbook of Crime Prevention and Community Safety This book provides a comprehensive, authoritative and wide-ranging account of the background, theory and practice of crime prevention and community safety. It will be essential reading for anybody with interests in these fields, and will be the major work of reference on this subject for those engaged in the practice, study or teaching of crime prevention.

The book provides a detailed overview of the main theories and perspectives informing crime prevention policy and practice, and includes chapters covering efforts to address a number of the main types of crime problem. It also includes chapters relating to research methodologies used in conducting and evaluating crime prevention initiatives.

Contents
Notes on Contributors
Preface
Part 1: Background and context
1 Introduction, Nick Tilley (Nottingham Trent University)
2 Crime prevention in context, Gordon Hughes (Open University) and Adam Edwards (Cardiff University)
Part 2: Approaches to prevention
Introduction, Nick Tilley (Nottingham Trent University)
3 Seven misconceptions of situational crime prevention, Ronald V. Clarke (Rutgers University)
4 Developmental crime prevention, Ross Homel (Griffith University)
5 Community crime reduction, George L. Kelling (Rutgers University)
6 Progress and prospects in the prevention of repeat victimisation, Graham Farrell (Loughborough University)
7 Science in the service of crime reduction, Ken Pease (Jill Dando Institute, UCL)
Part 3: Means of preventing crime
Introduction, Nick Tilley (Nottingham Trent University)
8 Designing products against crime, Paul Ekblom (Home Office and Central St Martins College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London)
9 Planning out crime, Henry Shaftoe (University of West of England) and Tim Read (University of West of England)
10 Crime prevention and system design, Nick Tilley (Nottingham Trent University)
11 Complicity, trading dynamics and prevalence in stolen goods markets, Mike Sutton (Nottingham Trent University)
12 Reducing the capacity to offend, Martin Gill (Perpetuity Research & Consultancy International Ltd)
13 Using publicity for preventive purposes, Kate Bowers and Shane Johnson (Jill Dando Institute, UCL)
14 Youth diversion, Tim Newburn (London School of Economics) and Anna Souhami (Edinburgh University)
15 Shifting and sharing police responsibility to address public safety problems, Michael S. Scott (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Part 4: Prevention in practice
Introduction, Nick Tilley (Nottingham Trent University)
16 The prevention of domestic burglary, Niall Hamilton-Smith (Home Office) and Andrew Kent (Home Office)
17 Preventing vehicle crime, Barry Webb (Jill Dando Institute, UCL)
18 Business and crime, Matt Hopkins (MHB Consulting) and John Burrows (MHB Consulting)
19 Violent and sexual crime, Mike Maguire (Cardiff University) and Fiona Brookman (University of Glamorgan)
20 Drugs and alcohol, Tim McSweeney (ICPR, Kings College, London) and Mike Hough (ICPR, Kings College, London)
21 The role of perceptual intervention in the management of crime fear, Jason Ditton (University of Sheffield) and Martin Innes (University of Surrey)
Part 5: The preventive process
Introduction, Nick Tilley (Nottingham Trent University)
22 Analysis for intervention, Alex Hirschfield (University of Huddersfield)
23 Deciding what to do, Gloria Laycock (Jill Dando Institute, UCL)
24 Evaluation for lesson learning, John E. Eck (University of Cincinnati)
25 Partnership and crime prevention, Daniel Gilling (University of Plymouth)
Index

'This wide-ranging and impressive book provides an excellent and timely contribution of our understanding of an important and growing field. It will be an indispensable guide and resource for students of, and all those interested in, crime prevention and community safety.'
- Professor Adam Crawford (University of Leeds)
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