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David Farrington - Evidence-based Crime Prevention - 9780415401029 - V9780415401029
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Evidence-based Crime Prevention

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Description for Evidence-based Crime Prevention Paperback. Assesses the scientific knowledge on the effectiveness of crime prevention programs internationally. Reviewing more than 600 scientific evaluations of programs intended to prevent crime in various settings, this book grades programs on their validity using "the scientific methods scale." Editor(s): Farrington, David; Sherman, Lawrence W.; Farrington, D.P.; Layton MacKenzie, Doris; Welsh, Brandon C. Num Pages: 456 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 684.

Crime prevention policy and practice is often far from objective. Instead of being based on scientific evidence, the crime policy agenda is sometimes driven by political ideology, anecdotal evidence and program favorites of the month. Evidence-Based Crime Prevention seeks to change this by comprehensively and rigorously assessing the existing scientific knowledge on the effectiveness of crime prevention programs internationally.

Reviewing more than 600 scientific evaluations of programs intended to prevent crime in settings such as families, schools, labor markets, places and communities, this book grades programs on their validity using "the scientific methods scale." This collection, which brings together contributions from ... Read more

The revised edition of this internationally renown and highly influential book contains an entirely new and up-to-date introductory chapter. This new chapter takes stock of important new developments that are helping to make crime prevention more rational and also sets out the contribution of this book to evidence-based crime prevention.

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Product Details

Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
456
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
680g
Number of Pages
456
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415401029
SKU
V9780415401029
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1

About David Farrington
David P. Farrington, Doris Layton MacKenzie, Lawrence W. Sherman, Brandon C. Welsh

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