Preventing Crime What Works for Children, Offenders, Victims and Places /

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Crime prevention should be rational and should be based on the best possible evidence. Decision-makers should weigh heavily any available evidence on what works best. How can a program that has produced no discernable evidence of effectiveness, as shown through numerous evaluations, be considered fo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Welsh, Brandon C. (Editor ), Farrington, David P. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edición:1st ed. 2006.
Temas:
Criminology.
Social sciences.
Society.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Evaluation Research on Correctional Treatment in West Germany: A Meta-Analysis
  • Evidence-Based Crime Prevention
  • What Works for Children
  • Early Parent Training
  • Child Social Skills Training
  • What Works for Offenders
  • Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions
  • Boot Camps
  • Scared Straight and Other Juvenile Awareness Programs
  • Incarceration-Based Drug Treatment
  • Costs and Benefits of Sentencing
  • What Works for Victims
  • Mandated Batterer Intervention Programs to Reduce Domestic Violence
  • Restorative Justice to Reduce Victimization
  • Preventing Repeat Residential Burglary Victimization
  • What Works for Places
  • Policing Crime Hot Spots
  • Closed-Circuit Television Surveillance
  • Improved Street Lighting
  • Policy Choices for a Safer Society
  • Conclusions and Directions from Evidence-Based Crime Prevention.

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