Preventing Crime

What Works for Children, Offenders, Victims and Places

By: Brandon C. Welsh (Editor), David P. Farrington (Editor)

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Paperback | 8 August 2007

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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 for implementation? Unfortunately, this happens all the time. Evidence-based crime prevention attempts to overcome this and other obstacles by ensuring that the best available evidence is considered in any decision to implement a program designed to prevent crime. This book is about evidence-based crime prevention.

A project of the Campbell Collaboration Crime and Justice Group, Preventing Crime brings together the leading scientific evidence on what works best for a wide range of interventions organized around four important domains in criminology: at-risk children, offenders, victims, and places. It is the first book to assess the effectiveness of criminological interventions using the most rigorous review methodology of the systematic review. It is an indispensable guide to the leading scientific evidence on what works best to prevent crime.

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Foreword	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Evidence-Based Crime Prevention	p. 1
What Works for Children
Early Parent Training	p. 21
Child Social Skills Training	p. 33
What Works for Offenders
Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions	p. 57
Boot Camps	p. 73
Scared Straight and Other Juvenile Awareness Programs	p. 87
Incarceration-Based Drug Treatment	p. 103
Costs and Benefits of Sentencing	p. 117
What Works for Victims
Mandated Batterer Intervention Programs to Reduce Domestic Violence	p. 131
Restorative Justice to Reduce Victimization	p. 147
Preventing Repeat Residential Burglary Victimization	p. 161
What Works for Places
Policing Crime Hot Spots	p. 179
Closed-Circuit Television Surveillance	p. 193
Improved Street Lighting	p. 209
Policy Choices for A Safer Society
Conclusions and Directions from Evidence-Based Crime Prevention	p. 227
Index	p. 239
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Preventing Crime

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