Preventing Crime

What We Know, and What We Need to Do

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

For decades now, criminological researchers, challenged to assist in this task, have been asking: “What is working to reduce crime?” “What could work better in preventing crime before it erupts?” “What have we not tried, but could try in the field of crime control?” Pleasingly, the research outputs on this subject are voluminous and growing.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-07-03
Mått:148 x 210 x 12 mm
Vikt:288 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:100
Förlag:Springer Verlag, Singapore
ISBN:9789819734870

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Emeritus Professor Rick Sarre practised as a legal practitioner in Adelaide, South Australia, before becoming an academic. Having studied law, sociology, theology and criminology in Australia, the USA and Canada, he then taught in the United States, Hong Kong, Sweden and South Australia during his 35 years in the tertiary education sector. He also worked as a human rights lawyer in Hong Kong during one of his sabbaticals. He retired as Dean of the Law School at the University of South Australia in 2020. He remains a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology and Professorial Fellow of the Australian Institute of Police Management. He currently serves as an Advisor to the Commission for Academic Accreditation in the United Arab Emirates.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1. Crime prevention defined.- Chapter 2. Crime trends.- Chapter 3. Policing and crime prevention.- Chapter 4. Public/private partnerships in crime prevention.- Chapter 5. Preventing white-collar crime.- Chapter 6. Surveillance as a crime prevention tool.- Chapter 7. Firearms in the crime prevention equation.- Chapter 8. Corrections and crime prevention.- Chapter 9. Avoiding political interference in crime prevention.- Chapter 10. Future directions required of all of us.- Chapter 11. My twelve imperatives.- Chapter 12. Conclusion.