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Author:   Brandon C. Welsh (Professor, Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northeastern University, Bedford, MA) ,  David P. Farrington (Emeritus Professor of Psychological Criminology, Emeritus Professor of Psychological Criminology, Institute of Criminology, Cambridge University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.60cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 15.50cm
Weight:   0.816kg
ISBN:  

9780199396696

ISBN 10:   0199396698
Pages:   560
Publication Date:   24 July 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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"Preface Contributors 1. Crime Prevention and Public Policy Brandon C. Welsh and David P. Farrington Part I: Developmental Crime Prevention 2. Developmental and Life-Course Theories of Offending Francis T. Cullen, Michael L. Benson, and Matthew D. Makarios 3. Risk and Protective Factors for Offending David P. Farrington, Rolf Loeber, and Maria M. Ttofi 4. Preventing Crime Through Intervention in the Preschool Years Holly S. Schindler and Hirokazu Yoshikawa 5. Parent Training and the Prevention of Crime Alex R. Piquero and Wesley G. Jennings 6. Child Social Skills Training in the Prevention of Antisocial Development and Crime Friedrich Losel and Doris Bender 7. Developmental Approaches in the Prevention of Female Offending Deborah Gorman-Smith and Alana M. Vivolo Part II: Community Crime Prevention 8. Community-Level Infl uences on Crime and Offending Steven F. Messner and Gregory M. Zimmerman 9. Disorder and Crime Wesley G. Skogan 10. Poverty Deconcentration and the Prevention of Crime Jens Ludwig and Julia Burdick-Will 11. Peer Influence, Mentoring, and the Prevention of Crime Christopher J. Sullivan and Darrick Jolliffe 12. Comprehensive Community Partnerships for Preventing Crime Dennis P. Rosenbaum and Amie M. Schuck 13. Community-Based Substance Use Prevention Abigail A. Fagan and J. David Hawkins 14. Schools and Prevention Denise C. Gottfredson, Philip J. Cook, and Chongmin Na Part III: Situational Crime Prevention 15. Situational Crime Prevention: Classifying Techniques Using ""Good Enough"" Theory Martha J. Smith and Ronald V. Clarke 16. High Crime Places, Times, and Offenders Anthony A. Braga 17. Crime Displacement and Diffusion of Benefits Shane D. Johnson, Rob T. Guerette, and Kate J. Bowers 18. Place-Based Crime Prevention: Theory, Evidence, and Policy John E. Eck and Rob T. Guerette 19. The Private Sector and Designing Products Against Crime Paul Ekblom 20. Once Bitten, Twice Shy: Repeat Victimization and Its Prevention Louise Grove and Graham Farrell Part IV : Advancing Knowledge and Building a Safer Society 21. Implementing Crime Prevention: Good Governance and a Science of Implementation Ross Homel and Peter Homel 22. The Importance of Randomized Experiments in Evaluating Crime Prevention David Weisburd and Joshua C. Hinkle 23. Preventing Future Criminal Activities of Delinquents and Offenders Doris Layton MacKenzie 24. Public Opinion and Crime Prevention: A Review of International Trends Julian V. Roberts and Ross Hastings 25. The Science and Politics of Crime Prevention: Toward a New Crime Policy Brandon C. Welsh and David P. Farrington Index"

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Brandon C. Welsh is Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University and Senior Research Fellow at the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement. David P. Farrington is Director of Research, Emeritus Professor of Psychological Criminology, and Leverhulme Trust Emeritus Fellow at the Institute of Criminology, Cambridge University. He is a former president of the American Society of Criminology, the British Society of Criminology, and the European Association of Psychology and Law.

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