Table Of ContentAdvances in Prevention Science
Brent Teasdale
Mindy S. Bradley Editors
Preventing Crime
and Violence
Advances in Prevention Science
The emergent field of prevention science focuses on the application of
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Editors
BrentTeasdale Mindy S.Bradley
Department ofCriminal Justice Department ofSociology
andCriminology andCriminalJustice
AndrewYoung Schoolof Policy Studies University of Arkansas
Georgia State University Fayetteville, AR
Atlanta, GA USA
USA
Advances in PreventionScience
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Contents
Part I Introduction to Criminology, Criminal Justice,
and Prevention
1 Integrating Criminology and Prevention Research..... .... 3
Mindy S. Bradley and Brent Teasdale
Part II Theoretical Foundations to Preventing Crime
and Violence
2 Social Structure Social Learning Theory:
Preventing Crime and Violence ... .... .... .... ..... .... 11
Jason Nicholson and George E. Higgins
3 General Strain Theory .. .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 21
Robert Agnew
4 Social Control Theory... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 31
Barbara J. Costello
5 Building Self-control to Prevent Crime . .... .... ..... .... 43
Stacey Nofziger and Nicole L. Rosen
6 Social Disorganization Theory: Its History
and Relevance to Crime Prevention.... .... .... ..... .... 57
Rebecca Wickes
7 Routine Activity Theory . .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 67
Christopher J. Schreck
8 Beyond Risk Factors: An Analytical Approach
to Crime Prevention .... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 73
Per-Olof H. Wikström and Kyle Treiber
Part III Life-Course Development and Crime
9 Life-Course Development and Crime: An Introduction . .... 91
Alex Piquero, Wesley G. Jennings, and Jennifer M. Reingle
10 Early Childhood Intervention. .... .... .... .... ..... .... 101
Chris L. Gibson, Abigail A. Fagan, and Molly Buchanan
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11 The Social Landscape of Intractable Offending Among
African-American Males in Marginalized Contexts .... .... 113
Stacy De Coster and Rena C. Zito
12 Crime Prevention Over the Life Course: Elder Abuse.. .... 123
Thomas Goergen and Marie Beaulieu
13 Implications of Life Course Approaches for Prevention
Science .. .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 139
Michael L. Benson and Omeed S. Ilchi
Part IV Methodological Issues in the Prevention
of Crime and Violence
14 Sources of Crime Data .. .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 155
Jennifer Schwartz and Anthony Vega
15 Macro- and Micro-approaches to Crime Prevention
and Intervention Programs... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 169
Karyn Sporer, Amy L. Anderson, and Johanna Peterson
16 Research Designs in Crime and Violence Prevention ... .... 177
Ojmarrh Mitchell
17 Propensity Score Matching and Prevention Science .... .... 187
Gary Sweeten
Part V What “Works” in Preventing Crime and Violence?
18 Risk Reduction via a Community-Wide Approach
to Parenting and Family Support.. .... .... .... ..... .... 205
Ronald J. Prinz and Emily N. Neger
19 Domestic Violence Prevention. .... .... .... .... ..... .... 215
Katie M. Edwards, Angela M. Neal,
and Kara Anne Rodenhizer-Stämpfli
20 The Good Behavior Game ... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 229
Jeanne M. Donaldson and Katie M. Wiskow
21 Promising Avenues for Prevention: Confronting Sexual
Victimization on College Campuses.... .... .... ..... .... 243
Andia M. Azimi and Leah E. Daigle
22 Situational Crime Prevention . .... .... .... .... ..... .... 261
Auzeen Shariati and Rob T. Guerette
23 Hot Spots Policing: Theoretical Perspectives, Scientific
Evidence, and Proper Implementation.. .... .... ..... .... 269
Anthony A. Braga
24 Pulling Levers to Prevent Violence: “The Boston Miracle,”
Its Adaptations, and Future Directions for Research ... .... 281
Samantha M. Henderson, Samuel S. Peterson,
and Robin S. Engel
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25 The Missing Link in CPTED Theory... .... .... ..... .... 297
Gregory Saville
26 Drug Courts: A Secondary Prevention Model.... ..... .... 309
Wendy P. Guastaferro, Laura Lutgen, and Kate Guastaferro
27 Prisoner Reentry as Secondary Crime Prevention ..... .... 327
Rita Augustyn and Lisa L. Sample
Part VI New Directions in Crime Prevention
28 Methodological Advances in Crime Prevention Research.... 339
Christopher J. Sullivan and Brandon C. Welsh
29 Sustaining Crime Prevention at Scale: Transforming
Delivery Systems Through Prevention Science ... ..... .... 351
RossHomel,BrianBumbarger,KateFreiberg,andSaraBranch
30 Crime and Decision Making: New Directions
for Crime Prevention.... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 377
Hanno Petras and Weiwei Liu
Index ... .... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 387
Part I
Introduction to Criminology, Criminal
Justice, and Prevention
1
Integrating Criminology
and Prevention Research
Mindy S. Bradley and Brent Teasdale
Introduction These efforts to lock up more people, for
longer periods of time, have proven costly and
Itisbettertopreventcrimesthantopunishthem. relatively unsuccessful—producing little evi-
This isthefundamental principle of good legisla- dence that incarceration successfully reduces
tion, which is the art of conducting men to the
recidivism (Cullen et al. 2011). On the contrary,
maximum of happiness, and to the minimum of
there is strong evidence to suggest that incar-
misery, if we may apply this mathematical
expressiontothegoodandeviloflife….(Cesare ceration has an iatrogenic effect. For example,
Beccaria,OnCrimesandPunishments1764). Langan and Levin (2002) found that more than
Beccaria’s words from the eighteenth century two-thirdsofthosereleasedfromstateprisonsin
1994 were arrested for a new offense by 1997.
ring perhaps even more true today. Indeed, the
Overhalfofthosestudiedreturnedtoprisonona
recent history of criminal justice reform in the
new conviction or technical violation. Asystem-
contemporaryUSAsuggeststhatwehavenotyet
atic review by Gendreau et al. (2000) found a
learnedthelessonBeccariawasattemptingtoteach
7 %increaseinrecidivism risk ofoffenderswho
us. Without a doubt, criminologists have long
were incarcerated compared with those who
argued for the necessity of prevention. But, for a
received non-custodial sanctions. Other method-
varietyofreasons,thatmessagegotlostinfavorof
a “war on crime.” The consequences of that war ological designs suggest that may be an under-
estimate, as Smith et al. (2002) found that the
havebeenastounding.TheUSAbecametheworld
criminogenicimpactsofimprisonmentwereeven
leaderinincarceration,withunprecedentedgrowth
higher, ranging from 8 to 11 % higher rates of
intheprisonpopulationandthepopulationunder
recidivismamongincarceratedpeoplethanthose
correctional control (Blumstein and Beck 1999;
placedoncommunitysupervision.Thesearejust
Western 2006; Garland 2001). As of 2008, more
some examples of the many studies confirming
than2millionindividualswereineitherprisonor
the deleterious impact of imprisonment on
jail,andanadditional5millionpeoplewereunder
individuals.
community supervision via probation or parole
There is also a reason to believe that high
(PewCenterontheStates2009).
rates of incarceration can contribute to
community-level disadvantage and higher rates
ofcrime.Recentstudiesdocumentthedamaging
M.S.Bradley(&)
effects of concentrated incarceration on commu-
Fayetteville,AR,USA
e-mail:[email protected] nities, specifically urban minority communities.
Rather than alleviating crime, scholars contend
B.Teasdale
Atlanta,GA,USA that perpetually high rates of incarceration make
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