Nothing like this book anywhere. Provides a balanced, innovative account of the psychology of crime, drawing on current and past scientific research.

A Primer in the Psychology of Crime

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Shoham, S. Giora

Seis, Mark C.

Psychology & Counseling

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Preventing Mass Transit Crime (Crime Prevention Studies)

Criminal Law

Crime and Place: Crime Prevention Studies

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

This volume sets out to stimulate more creative thinking about situational prevention, and sensitises both advocates and critics to its inherently political nature. It analyses the impact of politics and administration on program operations and outcomes.

The Politics and Practice of Situational Crime Prevention (Crime Prevention Studies)

Policing for Prevention: Reducing Crime, Public Intoxication & Injury (Crime Prevention Studies, Vol 7)

Book by International Symposium on Victimology 1997 (Amsterdam, Netherlands), Van Kaam, Ron G., Dijk, J. J. M. Van, Wemmers, Jo-Anne M.

Caring for Crime Victims: Proceedings of the 9th International World Symposium on Victimology

Wemmers, Jo-Anne M.

International Symposium on Victimology 1997 (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Van Kaam, Ron G.

Dijk, J. J. M. Van

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The New Primer in Radical Criminology: Critical Perspectives on Crime, Power and Identity

Lynch, Michael J.

Michalowski, Raymond J.

Groves, W. Byron

This bold, uncompromising essay offers a dual challenge to anyone interested in issues of justice. First, it poses a radical critique of current criminal justice practices in favor of a restorative justice alternative. Then, it advocates a fundamental reformulation of the thinking and practices of restorative justice itself. 
Restorative justice is a growing movement that strives to achieve reconciliation between crime victims and the persons who have harmed them through the use of various forms of mediation and nonviolent conflict resolution. Many programs embodying this approach have been launched in North America, Europe and Australasia. The authors call for two sweeping revisions in restorative justice thinking: (1)replacing justice practices based on rights and "deserts" with approaches that seek to meet the needs of all -- including the harm-doer and the community, as well as those directly affected by a harm; and (2) applying these principles beyond the justice system to a broad range of social institutions, including families, schools, workplaces and neighborhoods. 
The book offers many concrete examples of the type of need-based restorative justice that is being proposed.

Restorative Justice: Healing the Foundations of Our Everyday Lives

Self-Help

Sullivan, Dennis

Tifft, Larry

Relationships

Problem-oriented policing has been evaluated as effective in controlling a wide range of crime and disorder problems, ranging from burglaries and robberies, to prostitution, to various types of violence, according to this new book by Anthony A. Braga of Harvard University. Braga analyzes WHY problem-oriented policing interventions are effective and, thereby, intends to broaden the use of this approach in everyday policing. 
Problem-oriented policing directs attention and resources to the underlying problems that lurk behind many recurring crimes. Braga summarizes the extensive worldwide research literature on three types of interventions: (1) reducing opportunities for crime at problem-plagued PLACES (such as bars or housing projects) through enforcement-oriented and/or environmental measures; (2) targeting high-activity (repeat) OFFENDERS; and (3) protecting the VICTIMS of repetitive offenses. 
Braga concludes with ideas for correcting deficiencies in current approaches to problem-oriented policing. These suggestions address how to improve crime analysis, enhance the measurement of police performance, and secure productive police-community partnerships.

Problem-Oriented Policing and Crime Prevention

Braga, Anthony A.

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