Handbook of crime prevention and community safety /
Contributor(s): Tilley, Nick.
Publisher: Cullompton, Devon : Willan Pub., 2005Description: xxvi, 782 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1843921464; 9781843921462:; 9781843921462; 1843921472 (hard); 9781843921479 (hard).Subject(s): Crime prevention -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Crime preventionDDC classification: 364.4Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 364.4 TIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0066738 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of abbreviations -- Notes on contributors -- Preface -- Part 1. Background and context. 1. Introduction / Nick Tilley -- 2. Crime prevention in context / Gordon Hughes and Adam Edwards -- Part 2. Approaches to prevention. Introduction / Nick Tilley -- 3. Seven misconceptions of situational crime prevention / Ronald V. Clarke -- 4. Developmental crime prevention / Ross Homel -- 5. Community crime reduction / George L. Kelling -- 6. Progress and prospects in the prevention of repeat victimisation / Graham Farrell -- 7. Science in the service of crime reduction / Ken Pease -- Part 3. Means of preventing crime. -- Introduction / Nick Tilley -- 8. Designing products against crime / Paul Ekblom -- 9. Planning out crime / Henry Shaftoe and Tim Read -- 10. Crime prevention and system design / Nick Tilley -- 11. Complicity, trading dynamics and prevalence in stolen goods markets / Mike Sutton -- 12. Reducing the capacity to offend / Martin Gill -- 13. Using publicity for preventive purposes / Kate Bowers and Shane Johnson -- 14. Youth diversion / Tim Newburn and Anna Souhami -- 15. Shifting and sharing police responsibility to address public safety problems / Michael S. Scott -- Part 4. Prevention in practice. Introduction / Nick Tilley -- 16. The prevention of domestic burglary / Niall Hamilton-Smith and Andrew Kent -- 17. Preventing vehicle crime / Barry Webb -- 18. Business and crime / Matt Hopkins and John Burrows -- 19. Violent and sexual crime / Mike Maguire and Fiona Brookman -- 20. Drugs and alcohol / Tim McSweeney and Mike Hough -- 21. The role of perceptual intervention in the management of crime fear / Jason Dittonand Martin Innes -- Part 5. The preventive process. Introduction / Nick Tilley -- 22. Analysis for intervention / Alex Hirschfield -- 23. Deciding what to do / Gloria Laycock -- 24. Evaluation for lesson learning / John E. Eck -- 25. Partnership and crime prevention / Daniel Gilling -- Glossary -- Index.
This text provides a comprehensive account of the background, theory & practice of crime prevention & community safety. It provides a detailed overview of the main theories & perspectives informing crime prevention policy & practice, & includes chapters covering efforts to address a number of the main types of crime problem.