Community Crime Prevention
Does it Work?
1st Edition
Published on 21. January 1987
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-8039-2607-3 (ISBN)
Description
Do citizen and police initiatives have any impact on the incidence and fear of crime? This volume brings together studies of several community crime prevention programmes that were introduced in major US cities. The book is unique in its breadth of focus: its contributors address a broad and varied audience, including practitioners, policy-makers, and scholars interested in community crime prevention and evaluation research.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
578 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-2607-3 (9780803926073)
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Content
PART ONE: THE EVALUATION PROBLEM
The Problem of Crime Control - Dennis P Rosenbaum
Evaluation Research in Community Crime Prevention - Arthur J Lurigio and Dennis P Rosenbaum
A Critical Look at the Field
PART TWO: CITIZEN EFFORTS TO PREVENT RESIDENTIAL CRIME
Citywide Community Crime Prevention - Betsy Lindsay and Daniel McGillis
An Assessment of the Seattle Program
Neighborhood-Based Antiburglary Strategies - Anne L Schneider
An Analysis of Public and Private Benefits from the Portland Program
A Three-Pronged Effort to Reduce Crime and Fear of Crime - Floyd J Fowler and Thomas W Mangione
The Hartford Experiment
Neighborhood-Based Crime Prevention - Dennis P Rosenbaum, Dan A Lewis and Jane A Grant
Assessing the Efficacy of Community Organizing in Chicago
PART THREE: INNOVATIONS IN POLICING: A RETURN TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Experimenting with Foot Patrol - Antony M Pate
The Newark Experience
Evaluating a Neighborhood Foot Patrol - Robert C Trojanowicz
The Newark Experience
Storefront Police Offices - Mary Ann Wycoff and Wesley G Skogan
The Houston Field Test
PART FOUR: PREVENTING CRIME IN AND AROUND COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS
Evaluating Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design - Paul J Lavrakas and James W Kushmuk
The Portland Commercial Demonstration Project
The Commercial Security Field Test Program - James M Tien and Michael F Cahn
a Systemic Evaluation of Security Surveys in Denver, St Louis and Long Beach
PART FIVE: THE MEDIA AND CRIME PREVENTION: PUBLIC EDUCATION AND PERSUASION
The 'McGruff' National Media Campaign - Garrett J O'Keefe
Its Public Impact and Future Implications
Evaluating Police-Community Anticrime Newsletters - Paul L Lavrakas
The Evanston, Houston and Newark Field Studies
PART SIX: SUMMARY AND CRITIQUE
Community Crime Prevention - Robert K Yin
a Synthesis of Eleven Evaluations
The Problem of Crime Control - Dennis P Rosenbaum
Evaluation Research in Community Crime Prevention - Arthur J Lurigio and Dennis P Rosenbaum
A Critical Look at the Field
PART TWO: CITIZEN EFFORTS TO PREVENT RESIDENTIAL CRIME
Citywide Community Crime Prevention - Betsy Lindsay and Daniel McGillis
An Assessment of the Seattle Program
Neighborhood-Based Antiburglary Strategies - Anne L Schneider
An Analysis of Public and Private Benefits from the Portland Program
A Three-Pronged Effort to Reduce Crime and Fear of Crime - Floyd J Fowler and Thomas W Mangione
The Hartford Experiment
Neighborhood-Based Crime Prevention - Dennis P Rosenbaum, Dan A Lewis and Jane A Grant
Assessing the Efficacy of Community Organizing in Chicago
PART THREE: INNOVATIONS IN POLICING: A RETURN TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Experimenting with Foot Patrol - Antony M Pate
The Newark Experience
Evaluating a Neighborhood Foot Patrol - Robert C Trojanowicz
The Newark Experience
Storefront Police Offices - Mary Ann Wycoff and Wesley G Skogan
The Houston Field Test
PART FOUR: PREVENTING CRIME IN AND AROUND COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS
Evaluating Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design - Paul J Lavrakas and James W Kushmuk
The Portland Commercial Demonstration Project
The Commercial Security Field Test Program - James M Tien and Michael F Cahn
a Systemic Evaluation of Security Surveys in Denver, St Louis and Long Beach
PART FIVE: THE MEDIA AND CRIME PREVENTION: PUBLIC EDUCATION AND PERSUASION
The 'McGruff' National Media Campaign - Garrett J O'Keefe
Its Public Impact and Future Implications
Evaluating Police-Community Anticrime Newsletters - Paul L Lavrakas
The Evanston, Houston and Newark Field Studies
PART SIX: SUMMARY AND CRITIQUE
Community Crime Prevention - Robert K Yin
a Synthesis of Eleven Evaluations