Описание: The forty-percent drop in crime that occurred across the U.S. from 1991 to 2000 remains largely an unsolved mystery. Even more puzzling is the eighty-percent drop over nineteen years in New York City. Twice as long and twice as large, it is the largest crime decline on record. In The City That Became Safe, Franklin E. Zimring seeks out the New York difference through a comprehensive investigation into the city's falling crime rates. The usual understanding is that aggressive police created a zero-tolerance law enforcement regime that drove crime rates down. Is this political sound bite true-are the official statistics generated by the police accurate? Though zero-tolerance policing and quality-of-life were never a consistent part of the NYPD's strategy, Zimring shows the numbers are correct and argues that some combination of more cops, new tactics, and new management can take some credit for the decline. That the police can make a difference at all in preventing crime overturns decades of conventional wisdom from criminologists, but Zimring also points out what most experts have missed: the New York experience challenges the basic assumptions driving American crime- and drug-control policies. New York has shown that crime rates can be greatly reduced without increasing prison populations. New York teaches that targeted harm reduction strategies can drastically cut down on drug related violence even if illegal drug use remains high. And New York has proven that epidemic levels of violent crime are not hard-wired into the populations or cultures of urban America. This careful and penetrating analysis of how the nation's largest city became safe rewrites the playbook on crime and its control for all big cities.
Автор: Welsh Brandon C., Farrington David P. Название: Making Public Places Safer: Surveillance and Crime Prevention ISBN: 0195326210 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780195326215 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4671.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The United Kingdom has more than 4.2 million public closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras-one for every fourteen citizens. Across the United States, hundreds of video surveillance systems are being installed in town centers, public transportation facilities, and schools at a cost exceeding $100 million annually. And now other Western countries have begun to experiment with CCTV to prevent crime in public places. In light of this expansion and the associated public expenditure, as well as pressing concerns about privacy rights, there is an acute need for an evidence-based approach to inform policy and practice. Drawing on the highest-quality research, criminologists Brandon C. Welsh and David P. Farrington assess the effectiveness and social costs of not only CCTV, but also of other important surveillance methods to prevent crime in public space, such as improved street lighting, security guards, place managers, and defensible space. Importantly, the book goes beyond the question of Does it work? and examines the specific conditions and contexts under which these surveillance methods may have an effect on crime as well as the mechanisms that bring about a reduction in crime. At a time when cities need cost-effective methods to fight crime and the public gradually awakens to the burdens of sacrificing their privacy and civil rights for security, Welsh and Farrington provide this timely and reliable guide to the most effective and non-invasive uses of surveillance to make public places safer from crime.
Автор: Tonry Michael Название: Confronting Crime: Crime Control Policy Under New Labour ISBN: 1138878502 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138878501 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7042.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book provides a detailed review of the thinking behind New Labour`s promise to be `tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime`, looking at policies and proposals in the field of punishment, particularly those embodied in the Halliday Review of the Sentencing Framework (2001), the government White Paper Justice for All (2002), and the 2002 Criminal Justice Bill.
Название: Crime and Crime Reduction ISBN: 1138685283 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138685284 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7348.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Crime and Crime Reduction seeks to deepen our understanding of the group processes involved in criminal activity, and also in the treatment of offenders` behaviour.
Описание: With recidivism rates north of 70% and tens of billions of dollars wasted annually on policies that assume we can punish the crime out of criminal offenders, America`s fixation with "tough on crime" has been an utter failure. William R. Kelly lays out a roadmap for how to effectively reduce recidivism, crime, victimization and cost.
Автор: Hancock Название: Community, Crime and Disorder ISBN: 0333761499 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333761496 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 20962.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book fills a number of gaps in the `community and crime` literature, makes important theoretical contributions, and is based on original research. Can current community safety and urban policies address the needs of high crime, mixed tenure, inner-city areas?
Описание: Charting the processes associated with desistance from crime for a cohort of ex-probationers as they continue their social and personal development (including the impact of parenthood), as well as their motivations to change to, and maintain, a law-abiding lifestyle.
Автор: Spalek Basia Название: Crime Victims ISBN: 113750532X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137505323 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 6402.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Fully revised and updated, this comprehensive and engaging book is essential reading for anyone interested in the study of victims. Acknowledging the increasing recognition of trauma as integral to understanding victimisation, it appeals to a broad audience ranging from criminology and sociology students to practitioners and professionals.
Автор: Bullock Название: Citizens, Community and Crime Control ISBN: 1137269324 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137269324 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 12157.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Analysing the historical circumstances and theoretical sources that have generated ideas about citizen and community participation in crime control, this book examines the various ideals, outcomes and effects that citizen participation has been held to stimulate and how these have been transformed, renegotiated and reinvigorated over time.
Автор: Christie Nils Название: Crime Control as Industry ISBN: 1138690120 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138690127 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 2908.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Crime Control As Industry, translated into many languages, is a modern classic of criminology and sociology. Nils Christie, one of the leading criminologists of his era, argues that crime control, rather than crime itself is the real danger for our future. Prison populations, especially in Russia and America, have grown at an increasingly rapid rate and show no signs of slowing. Christie argues that this vast and growing population is the equivalent of a modern gulag, run by a rapacious industry, both public and private, with vested interests in incarceration. Pain and confinement are products, like any other, with a potentially limitless supply of resources.
Widely hailed as a classic account of crime and restorative justice Crime Control As Industry's prophetic insights and proposed solutions are essential reading for anyone interested in crime and the global penal system.
This Routledge Classics edition includes a new foreword by David Garland.
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