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Brandon C. Welsh - Preventing Crime: What Works for Children, Offenders, Victims and Places - 9780387691688 - V9780387691688
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Preventing Crime: What Works for Children, Offenders, Victims and Places

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Description for Preventing Crime: What Works for Children, Offenders, Victims and Places Paperback. Examines evidence-based crime prevention through the use of the rigorous methodology of systematic reviews. This book offers 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. Editor(s): Welsh, Brandon C.; Farrington, David P. Num Pages: 244 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 28 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JKVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.

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.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387691688
SKU
V9780387691688
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