Making Public Places Safer: Surveillance and Crime Prevention

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Making Public Places Safer is the first book to assess the effectiveness and social costs of the most important surveillance methods to prevent crime in public space: CCTV, improved street lighting, security guards, place managers, and defensible space. Importantly, the book goes beyond the question...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Welsh, Brandon 1969- (Author)
Contributors: Farrington, David 1944- (Contributor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Cary Oxford University Press, Incorporated 2009
In:Year: 2009
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Crime prevention > United States
Public spaces > United States
Public safety > United States
Security systems
Closed-circuit television
Electronic books
USA > Videoüberwachung > Kriminalität > Prävention > Effizienz
USA > Öffentlicher Raum > Verbrechenskontrolle > Effizienz
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:Making Public Places Safer is the first book to assess the effectiveness and social costs of the most important surveillance methods to prevent crime in public space: CCTV, 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. Making Public Places Safer is a timely and reliable guide 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.
Intro -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- Part I. Politics, Theory, and Method -- 2. The Politics of Surveillance for Crime Prevention -- 3. How Might Surveillance Measures Reduce Crime? -- 4. Evidence-Based Crime Prevention -- Part II. Evidence of Effectiveness -- 5. Closed-Circuit Television -- 6. Improved Street Lighting -- 7. Security Guards, Place Managers, and Defensible Space -- Part III. Policy Choices and Challenges -- 8. Safer Streets, Safer Cities: Policy Choices for America -- 9. Conclusions and Future Directions -- Appendix: Methods of Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (177 pages)
ISBN:9780199716951