Handbook of Crime Prevention and Community Safety

Handbook of Crime Prevention and Community Safety
ISBN-10
1843921464
ISBN-13
9781843921462
Series
Handbook of Crime Prevention and Community Safety
Category
Social Science
Pages
782
Language
English
Published
2005
Publisher
Willan Pub
Author
Nick Tilley

Description

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 the means and methods used in crime prevention, and how these are applied in practice to the main types of crimes. Finally, the book explores the preventive process itself, looking at analysis, decision-making, evaluation and the role of partnerships in crime prevention.

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