Smarter crime control : a guide to a safer future for citizens, communities, and politicians /
In the wake of headline-grabbing mass murders and other controversial crimes, public officials and communities alike are searching for ways to best deal with crime - both minor and major. Here, Waller highlights best practices as shown by scores of studies, underscores the need for better prevention...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, MD :
Rowman & Littlefield,
[2014]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Smart public safety : giving priority to victims and taxpayers
- Actions for smart crime control
- Policing : from over-reaction after the fact to stopping crime before it harms
- Justice : courts that stop crime or do not unnecessarily interfere
- Correcting corrections : away from mass incarceration and towards stopping crime
- Actions for smart pre-crime prevention
- Preventing youth from becoming repeat offenders
- Preventing gun violence
- Preventing violence against women
- Preventing road crimes and alcohol-related violence
- Preventing property crime
- An agenda to put safety first for victims and taxpayers
- Reinvesting in smart public safety to spare victims and lower taxes
- Principal sources
- Notes
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Index.