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The Prevention of Crime Social and Situational Strategies

by: Rosenbaum, Dennis P.; Lurigio, Arthur J.; Davis, Robert C.

The Prevention of Crime Social and Situational Strategies

by: Rosenbaum, Dennis P.; Lurigio, Arthur J.; Davis, Robert C.

ISBN 13:
9780534507602
ISBN 10:
0534507603
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 04/09/1998
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

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Summary

SECTION ONE: THE PROBLEM OF CRIME PREVENTION. 1. The Argument for Citizen Involvement and Prevention. SECTION TWO: COMMUNITY AWARENESS, MOBILIZATION, AND SOCIAL CONTROL. 2. Crime Prevention Through the Mass Media. 3. Organizing the Community: The Empowerment Model. 4. Citizen Participation and Bystander Intervention. SECTION THREE: REDUCING OPPORTUNITIES: DEFENDING SELF AND NEIGHBORHOOD. 5. Situational Crime Prevention. 6. Protecting Oneself from Victimization: Armed and Dangerous. 7. Community Anti-Drug Initiatives: Taking Back the Streets. 8. Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design. SECTION FOUR: RESOURCE MOBILIZATION AND PRIMARY PREVENTION. 9. Preventing Crime Through Early Intervention. 10. Community Policing and Community Partnerships. SECTION FIVE: CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS. 11. Citizen Participation in Crime Prevention: Advantages and Disadvantages.

Foreword

(4)

Preface

xiii

PART I THE PROBLEM OF CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION

(16)

1 A Thirty-Year War on Crime: Finding a Place for "Crime Prevention"

(14)

Cost of Crime

(1)

Government Responses to Crime

(1)

Community Responses to Crime

(2)

Conceptualizing Community and Situational Crime Prevention

(2)

Content of the Book

(7)

PART II COMMUNITY AWARENESS, MOBILIZATION, AND PARTICIPATION

(62)

2 Citizen Participation in Crime Prevention: Who and Why?

(16)

History and Foundations of Community Crime Prevention Programs

(1)

Level and Nature of Individual Participation in CCPPs

(1)

Correlates of Participation in CCPPs

(5)

Informal Interventions to Stop Crime

(8)

3 Organizing and Empowering the Community: Collective Surveillance Programs

(24)

Theoretical Foundations

(4)

Collective Action and Community Organizations

(2)

Neighborhood Watch

(5)

Citizen Patrols

(4)

Summary and Conclusion

(8)

4 Crime Prevention Through the Mass Media

(20)

Media Research

(1)

Public Information Campaigns: "McGruff"

(3)

Public Information Campaigns in General

(1)

Anticrime Media Shows: Crime Stoppers

(7)

Anticrime Newsletters

(2)

Conclusions

(5)

PART III FIGHTING BACK: PROTECTING ONESELF AND ONE'S NEIGHBORHOOD

(44)

5 Personal Defense: Protecting Oneself from Victimization

(24)

Risk-Avoidance Behaviors

(3)

Risk-Management Behaviors

(12)

Conclusions

(8)

6 Neighborhood Defense: Community Antidrug Initiatives

105

(18)

Methods Used by Community Antidrug Initiatives

106

(2)

Varieties of Community Antidrug Initiatives

108

(1)

From Indigenous Initiatives to "Seeded" Programs

109

(2)

Effectiveness of Community Antidrug Initiatives

111

(5)

Words of Caution

116

(7)

PART IV REDUCING CRIMINAL OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL MODIFICATIONS

123

(48)

7 Crime Prevention and the Built Environment

125

(28)

Theoretical Foundations

126

(6)

The Nature and Effects of Environmental Strategies

132

(1)

Target Hardening

132

(4)

Access Control

136

(3)

Surveillance Enhancement

139

(2)

Community-Building Measures

141

(3)

CPTED Projects

144

(3)

Summary and Conclusions

147

(6)

8 Situational Crime Prevention

153

(18)

The Roots and Context of Situational Crime Prevention

155

(1)

Situational Crime Prevention Strategies

156

(2)

Applications of Situational Crime Prevention

158

(4)

Is Situational Crime Prevention Ethical?

162

(4)

Conclusions

166

(5)

PART V RESOURCE MOBILIZATION, PARTNERSHIPS, AND SOCIAL PREVENTION

171

(60)

9 Community Policing and the Co-Production of Safety

173

(28)

Community Policing

175

(2)

The Role of Community

177

(10)

Successful Community Policing Models

187

(3)

Current Trends and Issues in Community Policing

190

(11)

10 Strengthening Community Through Youth and Family Initiatives: The Social Prevention Model

201

(30)

Theoretical and Empirical Rationale

202

(1)

Family Support Services

203

(7)

Community-Based Programs

210

(6)

Comprehensive Partnerships

216

(5)

Employment and Training

221

(2)

Conclusions

223

(8)

PART VI CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS

231

(14)

11 Some Concluding Thoughts on Crime Prevention

233

(12)

Individual Self-Protective Behaviors

234

(1)

Community Mobilization and Collective Action

235

(1)

Burdening a Dysfunctional System

236

(2)

Situational and Environmental Crime Prevention

238

(1)

Social Crime Prevention Initiatives

239

(1)

Macrolevel Forces

240

(5)

Author Index

245

(7)

Subject Index

252

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The Prevention of Crime Social and Situational Strategies

The Prevention of Crime Social and Situational Strategies

9780534507602

0534507603

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