Making Public Places Safer: Surveillance and Crime Prevention
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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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Oxford University Press, Incorporated
2009
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| In: | Jahr: 2009 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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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| Physische Details: | 1 online resource (177 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780199716951 |