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Evaluation for Crime Prevention (Crime Prevention Studies, vol. 14)
Nick Tilley, ed.
(Cloth)
2002, 229 pages
ISBN: 1-881798-35-6
$53.50
This volume in the Crime Prevention Studies book series, a companion to volume 13, addresses the design and conduct of evaluations to help improve crime prevention policy and practice. "...indispensible to anyone who has more than a passing interest in crime prevention in general, and specifically the evaluation of crime prevention programs...a 'must read' for individuals who will be evaluating crime prevention programs or for grant managers..." Prof. James Golden, International Journal of Comparative Criminology In his introduction, volume editor Nick Tilley (Nottingham Trent University) observes that produce evaluations are characterized by attention to: (a) theory, (b) the mechanisms that produce or inhibit change, and (c the diverse contexts in which crime prevention strategies are developed and implemented. The paper by Niall Hamilton-Smith (U.K. Home Office) explores how crime prevention programs can best minimize the displacement of crime from a project area to nearby districts, while maximizing the "spill over" or prevention benefits to neighboring areas. John Roman (Urban Institute) and Graham Farrell (University of Cincinnati) demonstrate how cost-benefit analysis may be applied usefully in evaluating crime prevention programs. John Eck (University of Cincinnati) challlenges the contemporary shibboleth that experimental, randomly controlled trials are always the best method to use in crime prevention programs. Brian English (Edith Cowan Univerrsity) calls for the use of a wider range of approaches in the evalaution of community crime prevention programs. Approaches to evaluating multi-agency crime prevention partherships are assessed by Dennis Rosenbaum (University of Illinois at Chicago).
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