The Oxford handbook of crime prevention [electronic resource] /
edited by Brandon C. Welsh, David P. Farrington.
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- 1 online resource (xiii, 543 p.) : ill.
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.