Prevention of Crime: Social and Situational Strategies

• NCJ Number: 180500
• Author(s): Dennis P. Rosenbaum; Arthur J. Lurigio; Robert C. Davis
• Editor(s): Todd Clear
• Date Published: 1998
• Length: 260 pages
• Sale Source: Wadsworth Publishing Co
• Publication Format: Book (Softbound)
• Publication Type: Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: Canada
• Note: Wadsworth Contemporary Issues in Crime and Justice Series.

Annotation

This book explores the effectiveness of crime prevention measures by looking at advantages of greater citizen participation and more attention to crime prevention policies and suggests how national policies must change to deal effectively with crime.

Abstract

After describing the historical basis of crime prevention, the authors present an authoritative summary of several main crime prevention orientations, including self-protection, situational crime prevention, and community organization. Self-protection strategies represent steps people take to feel safer by acting against those who might victimize them. Situational strategies are based on the well-established notion that crimes occur most often in particular places, times, and circumstances. Community organization involves broader and stronger roles for citizens in preventing crime. The book is organized in six parts: (1) problem of crime control and prevention; (2) community awareness, mobilization, and participation; (3) personal and neighborhood defense; (4) environmental modifications that reduce criminal opportunities; (5) resource mobilization, partnerships, and social prevention; and (6) conclusions and policy implications. References and tables