Preventing Crime What Works for Children, Offenders, Victims, and Pl
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PREVENTING CRIME What Works for Children, Offenders, Victims, and Places
Edited by
Brandon C. Welsh Department of Criminal Justice University of Massachusetts L owell, MA, USA
David P. Farrington Institute of Criminology Cambridge University, UK
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword Jerry L ee
vii
Preface Brandon C. Welsh and David P. Farrington
ix
Chapter 1. Evidence-Based Crime Prevention Brandon C. Welsh and David P. Farrington
1
Part I: What Works for Children Chapter 2. Early Parent Training Odette Bernazzani and Richard E. T remblay
21
Chapter 3. Child Social Skills Training Friedrich L o¨sel and Andreas Beelmann
33
Part II: What Works for Offenders Chapter 4. Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions Mark W. L ipsey and Nana A. L andenberger
57
Chapter 5. Boot Camps David B. W ilson and Doris L ayton MacKenzie
73
Chapter 6. Scared Straight and Other Juvenile Awareness Programs Anthony Petrosino, Carolyn T urpin-Petrosino, and John Buehler
87
Chapter 7. Incarceration-Based Drug Treatment Ojmarrh Mitchell, Doris L ayton MacKenzie, and David B. W ilson
103
Chapter 8. Costs and Benefits of Sentencing Cynthia McDougall, Mark A. Cohen, Amanda Perry, and Raymond Swaray
117
Part III: What Works for Victims Chapter 9. Mandated Batterer Intervention Programs to Reduce Domestic Violence L ynette Feder and David B. W ilson
131
Table of Contents
vi
Chapter 10. Restorative Justice to Reduce Victimization Heather Strang and L awrence W. Sherman
147
Chapter 11. Preventing Repeat Residential Burglary Victimization Graham Farrell and Ken Pease
161
Part IV: What Works for Places Chapter 12. Policing Crime Hot Spots Anthony A. Braga
179
Chapter 13. Closed-Circuit Television Surveillance Brandon C. Welsh and David P. Farrington
193
Chapter 14. Improved Street Lighting David P. Farrington and Brandon C. Welsh
209
Part V: Policy Choices for A Safer Society Chapter 15. Conclusions and Directions from Evidence-Based Crime Prevention Brandon C. Welsh and David P. Farrington
227
Index
239
FOREWORD
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