The Oxford handbook of crime prevention [electronic resource] / edited by Brandon C. Welsh, David P. Farrington.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 543 p.) : illISBN:- 9780199940783 (ebook) :
- 364.4
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Covering the three major crime prevention strategies active today - developmental, community, and situational - this definitive volume addresses seriously and critically the ways in which the United States and the Western world have attempted, and should continue to strive for the prevention of crime.