Crime Prevention

Programs, Policies, and Practices

By: Steven E. Barkan, Michael Rocque

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eText | 31 January 2020 | Edition Number 1

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Crime continues to be a significant problem in the United States despite a large drop since the early 1990s. In this book, renowned scholars Steven E. Barkan and Michael A. Rocque present a well-rounded exploration of crime prevention theories and evidence-based policies, programs, and practices. Grounded in criminological theory, while also critically examining the social roots of crime, such as economics and employment, Crime Prevention: Programs, Policies and Practices, First Edition presents the current research, perspectives, and examples that capture the key crime prevention concepts students should understand, including the public health model for crime prevention. The First Edition emphasizes the importance of application, the authors integrate theory and practice through the use of program reviews throughout the text and connect the concepts covered to the real world.

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I am delighted to welcome this extremely informative, clearly-written and wide-ranging textbook on crime prevention. Commendably, it emphasizes a public health approach and reviews the theoretical and empirical bases of prevention programs. It reviews primary prevention (including employment, community, and situational programs), secondary prevention (including family, school, peer, and gang programs), and tertiary prevention (including police, prison, parole, and probation programs). I can confidently recommend that students and others who are interested in crime prevention will learn a great deal from this book, as I did.