Preventing Crime

by Welsh, Brandon C.; Farrington, David P.

• ISBN13: 9781402042430
• ISBN10: 1402042434
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-15
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

Crime prevention should be rational and should be based on the best possible evidence. Decision-makers should weigh heavily any available evidence on what works best. How can a program that has produced no discernable evidence of effectiveness, as shown through numerous evaluations, be considered for implementation? Unfortunately, this happens all the time. Evidence-based crime prevention attempts to overcome this and other obstacles by ensuring that the best available evidence is considered in any decision to implement a program designed to prevent crime. This book is about evidence-based crime prevention.A project of the Campbell Collaboration Crime and Justice Group, Preventing Crime brings together the leading scientific evidence on what works best for a wide range of interventions organized around four important domains in criminology: at-risk children, offenders, victims, and places. It is the first book to assess the effectiveness of criminological interventions using the most rigorous review methodology of the systematic review. It is an indispensable guide to the leading scientific evidence on what works best to prevent crime.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Jerry Lee
Preface	ix
Brandon C. Welsh
David P. Farrington
Evidence-Based Crime Prevention	1	(20)
Brandon C. Welsh
David P. Farrington
Part I: What Works for Children
Early Parent Training	21	(12)
Odette Bernazzani
Richard E. Tremblay
Child Social Skills Training	33	(24)
Friedrich Losel
Andreas Beelmann
Part II: What Works for Offenders
Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions	57	(16)
Mark W. Lipsey
Nana A. Landenberger
Boot Camps	73	(14)
David B. Wilson
Doris Layton MacKenzie
Scared Straight and Other Juvenile Awareness Programs	87	(16)
Anthony Petrosino
Carolyn Turpin-Petrosino
John Buehler
Incarceration-Based Drug Treatment	103	(14)
Ojmarrh Mitchell
Doris Layton MacKenzie
David B. Wilson
Costs and Benefits of Sentencing	117	(14)
Cynthia McDougall
Mark A. Cohen
Amanda Perry
Raymond Swaray
Part III: What Works for Victims
Mandated Batterer Intervention Programs to Reduce Domestic Violence	131	(16)
Lynette Feder
David B. Wilson
Restorative Justice to Reduce Victimization	147	(14)
Heather Strang
Lawrence W. Sherman
Preventing Repeat Residential Burglary Victimization	161	(18)
Graham Farrell
Ken Pease
Part IV: What Works for Places
Policing Crime Hot Spots	179	(14)
Anthony A. Braga
Closed-Circuit Television Surveillance	193	(16)
Brandon C. Welsh
David P. Farrington
Improved Street Lighting	209	(18)
David P. Farrington
Brandon C. Welsh
Part V: Policy Choices for A Safer Society
Conclusions and Directions from Evidence-Based Crime Prevention	227	(12)
Brandon C. Welsh
David P. Farrington
Index	239