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Crime Reduction and Problem-oriented Policing
Series: Crime Science Series
Problem-oriented policing has been one of the most significant new approaches to policing and crime reduction in recent years, and in the UK significant funding was provided to a variety of projects adopting a problem solving methodology in both policing and crime prevention and reduction...
Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
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Problem-oriented Policing and Partnerships
Series: Crime Science Series
This book makes an important contribution to the literature on problem-oriented policing, aiming to distill the British experience of problem-oriented policing. Drawing upon over 500 entries to the Tilley Award since its inception in 1999, the book examines what can be achieved by problem-oriented...
Published March 19th 2012 by Routledge
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Situational Prevention of Organised Crimes
Series: Crime Science Series
Situational crime prevention is the art and science of reducing opportunities for crime. Despite accumulating evidence of its value in reducing many different kinds of crime - such as burglary, fraud, robbery, car theft, child sexual abuse and even terrorism - little has previously been published...
Published March 19th 2012 by Routledge
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The Reasoning Criminologist
Essays in Honour of Ronald V. Clarke
Series: Crime Science Series
This book is a tribute to the work of criminologist Professor Ronald V. Clarke, in view of his enormous and enduring contribution to criminology and crime science. Clarke is best known for his development of the theory and application of situational crime prevention, although he also played a major...
Published November 10th 2011 by Routledge
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Crime Prevention
Series: Criminal Justice Series
This book provides a concise and up-to-date account of crime prevention theory, practice and research in a form designed to be accessible and interesting to both students and practitioners. Readers will be equipped to think in an informed and critical way about what has been and might be done in...
Published December 12th 2010 by Willan
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Handbook of Crime Prevention and Community Safety
This book provides a comprehensive, authoritative and wide-ranging account of the background, theory and practice of crime prevention and community safety. It will be essential reading for anybody with interests in these fields, and will be the major work of reference on this subject for those...
Published August 31st 2005 by Willan
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Crime Science
Series: Crime Science Series
This book provides an introduction to crime science, setting out its essentials. It provides a major statement of the nature and aspirations of crime science, and presents a series of case studies providing examples, in different settings, of the approach in action, ranging from preventing crime...
Published January 31st 2005 by Willan