Oxford Handbook of Crime Prevention

By Brandon C. Welsh

Book Overview

How can a society prevent-not deter, not punish-but prevent crime? Criminal justice prevention, commonly called crime control, aims to prevent crime after an initial offence has been commited through anything from an arrest to a death penalty sentence. These traditional means have been frequently examined and their efficacy just as frequently questioned. Promising new forms of crime prevention have emerged and expanded as important components of an overall strategy to reduce crime.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195398823
• ISBN13: 9780195398823
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 7.0" x 9.9"