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Analysis for Crime Prevention (Crime Prevention Studies, vol. 13)
Nick Tilley, ed.
(Paperback)
2002, 241 pages
ISBN: 1-881798-34-8
$42.50

How can crime data be analyzed in a manner that is most useful to police managers and others charged with operating crime prevention programs? This is the topic explored from many different angles by American and British contributors to this new volume in the Crime Prevention Studies Series.

"This is a really valuable book, drawing together the insights of acknowledged international experts in the field of crime reduction. Required reading for anyone with an interest in crime prevention." Mike Hough, Director, Crime Policy Research Unit, South Bank University

"...this book contributes by challening those involved in crimem prevention to understand this process in novel, innovative, and creative ways. This book, and the series, is an invaluable resource for academics and practitioners." Prof. Chris Giles, International Journal of Comparative Criminology.

In his Introduction, editor Nick Tilley explains that analysis for crime prevention is particularly useful in identifying concentrations of crime that offer the greatest potential yield from prevention efforts; helping find the most productive methods of prevention; and forecasting likely future problems with a view to developing preemptive strategies. A research review by Martha J. Smith, Ronald V. Clarke and Ken Pease indicates that, even before a crime prevention program begins, "anticipatory benefits" may result from changing the perceptions among potential offenders of available crime opportunities. The chapter by Clarke and Herman Goldstein describes the use of analytic techniques that led to reduced thefts at construction sites in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, North Carolina. The paper by Gloria Laycock outlines what crime prevention policy advisers and practitioners arguably need from researchers, and what they can reasonably expect. Paul Ekblom's thesis is that the transfer of crime prevention knowledge should not emphasize replicating projects that have worked to solve a specific problem in a particular time and place, but rather should distill principles that from past projects have proven successful in informing the choice of interventions. A study by Graham Farrell, William H. Sousa and Deborah Lamm Weisel concludes that in measuring repeat victimization -- an important element in planning crime prevention programs -- analyzing data from only a short time period may produce grossly misleading results. According to Elizabeth R. Groff and Nancy G. La Vigne, crime mapping's true proise is in its ability to predict crime and thereby inform a proactive approach to police problem solving and crime prevention efforts. Michael Townsley and Ken Pease highlight the importance to crime prevention of analyzing the temporal variations in crime patterns, along with the more familiar geographic variations ("hot spots").

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