Evidence-Based Crime Prevention: Lessons From Systematic Reviews (Springer Series On Evidence-based Crime Policy Ser.)

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Synopsis
Crime prevention policy and practice is, on the whole, far from objective. Instead of being based on scientific evidence, the crime policy agenda is seemingly driven by political ideology, anecdotal evidence and programme trends. Evidence-Based Crime Prevention seeks to change this by comprehensively and rigorously assessing the existing scientific knowledge on the effectiveness of crime prevention programmes internationally. Reviewing more than 600 scientific evaluations of programmes intended to prevent crime in settings such as families, schools, labour markets and communities, this book grades programmes on their scientific validity using the 'scientific methods scale'. This collection, which brings together contributions from leading researchers in the field of crime prevention, will provide policy-makers, researchers and community leaders with an understandable source of information about what works, what does not work and what is promising in preventing crime.
Copyright:
2002

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
456 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781134489824
Related ISBNs:
9780415401029, 9780203166697, 9780415270472
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Editorial matter and selection, Lawrence W. Sherman, David P. Farrington, Brandon C. Welsh and Doris Layton MacKenzie
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Social Studies, Sociology
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
David P. Farrington
Edited by:
Doris Layton MacKenzie
Edited by:
Lawrence W. Sherman
Edited by:
Brandon C. Welsh

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