Handbook of crime prevention and community safety

810 Pages·2005·20.88 MB·English

by  Nick Tilley

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This Handbook provides a detailed overview of the main theories and perspectives informing crime
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prevention policy and practice, and contains chapters covering the means and methods used in
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Nick Tilley is Professor of Sociology at Nottingham Trent University and Visiting Professor at the Jill
Dando Institute of Crime Science at University College London. He was seconded to the Home
Office Research Development and Statistics Directorate as a research consultant for 11 years from
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Handbook of Crime Prevention and
Community Safety

Handbook of
Crime Prevention and
Community Safety
Edited by
Nick Tilley
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Contents
Contents
List of abbreviations ix
Notes on contributors xiii
Preface xxv
Part I: Background and Context 1
1 Introduction: thinking realistically about crime prevention 3
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2 Crime prevention in context 14
Gordon Hughes and Adam Edwards
Part II: Approaches to Prevention 35
Introduction 35
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3 Seven misconceptions of situational crime prevention 39

Ronald V. Clarke
4 Developmental crime prevention 71
Ross Homel
5 Community crime reduction: activating formal and
informal control 107
George L. Kelling
6 Progress and prospects in the prevention of repeat victimization 143
Graham Farrell
7 Science in the service of crime reduction 171
Ken Pease
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Part III: Means of Preventing Crime 199
Introduction 199
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8 Designing products against crime 203
Paul Ekblom
9 Planning out crime: the appliance of science or an act of faith? 245
Henry Shaftoe and Tim Read
10 Crime prevention and system design 266
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11 Complicity, trading dynamics and prevalence in stolen goods
markets 294
Mike Sutton
12 Reducing the capacity to offend: restricting resources for offending 306
Martin Gill
13 Using publicity for preventive purposes 329
Kate Bowers and Shane Johnson
14 Youth diversion 355
Tim Newburn and Anna Souhami
15 Shifting and sharing police responsibility to address public
safety problems 385
Michael S. Scott
Part IV: Prevention in Practice 411

Introduction 411
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16 The prevention of domestic burglary 417
Niall Hamilton-Smith and Andrew Kent
17 Preventing vehicl e crime 458
Barry Webb
18 Business and crime 486
John Burrows and Matt Hopkins
19 Violent and sexual crime 516
Mike Maguire and Fiona Brookman
20 Drugs and alcohol 563
Tim McSweeney and Mike Hough
21 The role of perceptual intervention in the management of
crime fear 595
Jason Ditton and Martin Innes
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Part V: The Preventive Process 625
Introduction 625
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22 Analysis for intervention 629
Alex Hirschfield
23 Deciding what to do 674
Gloria Laycock
24 Evaluation for lesson learning 699
John E. Eck
25 Partnership and crime prevention 734
Daniel Gilling
Glossary 757
Index 771

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List of abbreviations
List of abbreviations
ACPO Association of Chief Police Officers
ANPR automated number-plate recognition
APA Association of Police Authorities
APACS Association for Payment Clearing Services
ASBO anti-social behaviour order
ATF (Bureau of) Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
BBBS Big Brothers/Big Sisters
BCC British Chambers of Commerce
BCS British Crime Survey
BCU basic command unit
BPD Boston Police Department
BRC British Retail Consortium
BVPI best-value performance indicator
CAP (California) Civil Addict Program
CAPS Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy

CBRN chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear
CCA crime-centred analysis
CCO conjunction of criminal opportunity
CCP Comprehensive Communities Program
CDA Crime and Disorder Act 1998
CDRP Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership
CDT child development trainer
CEA crime environment analysis
CJS criminal justice system
CMOCs context, mechanism, outcome (pattern) configurations
CPS Crown Prosecution Service
CPTED crime prevention through environmental design
CRARG Co-ordinated Response and Advocacy Resource Group
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