Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Forensic Psychology
- The Cambridge Handbook of Forensic Psychology
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Forensic psychology:
- Part I Psychological underpinnings
- Part II Assessments
- Part III Interventions
- Part IV Psychology and criminal behaviour
- Part V Psychology and civil law
- Part VI Special topics
- 6.1 Arson
- 6.2 Bullying among prisoners
- 6.3 Child soldiers
- 6.4 Crime prevention
- 6.5 Guns and shootings
- 6.6 Hostage taking:
- 6.7 Hypnosis
- 6.8 Jury decision making
- 6.9 Malingering:
- 6.10 Munchausen by proxy
- 6.11 Occupational culture
- 6.12 Occupational stress in police and prison staff
- 6.13 Sexual harassment
- 6.14 Undercover policing and psychological stress
- 6.15 Victimology
- 6.16 Young children presenting with sudden infant death syndrome or apparent life-threatening events
- Part VII Professional practice
- Part VIII Research practice
- Author index
- Subject index
6.4 - Crime prevention
from Part VI - Special topics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 July 2010
Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Forensic Psychology
- The Cambridge Handbook of Forensic Psychology
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Forensic psychology:
- Part I Psychological underpinnings
- Part II Assessments
- Part III Interventions
- Part IV Psychology and criminal behaviour
- Part V Psychology and civil law
- Part VI Special topics
- 6.1 Arson
- 6.2 Bullying among prisoners
- 6.3 Child soldiers
- 6.4 Crime prevention
- 6.5 Guns and shootings
- 6.6 Hostage taking:
- 6.7 Hypnosis
- 6.8 Jury decision making
- 6.9 Malingering:
- 6.10 Munchausen by proxy
- 6.11 Occupational culture
- 6.12 Occupational stress in police and prison staff
- 6.13 Sexual harassment
- 6.14 Undercover policing and psychological stress
- 6.15 Victimology
- 6.16 Young children presenting with sudden infant death syndrome or apparent life-threatening events
- Part VII Professional practice
- Part VIII Research practice
- Author index
- Subject index
Summary
This chapter discusses the definition, methods, theories of crime prevention, and the various approaches to the evaluation of crime prevention. Whereas Ekblom distinguishes between crime reduction, which seeks to decrease the frequency and seriousness of criminal events, two other concepts in crime prevention are the notion of displacement and diffusion. Methods of crime prevention have been classified as primary (prevention of the crime event itself); secondary (prevention of criminality by those most at risk of becoming involved); and tertiary (interruption of continued criminality by those already involved). Defensible space proposes that there is a link between the physical environment and crime. According to this theory, features in building design and layouts can increase occupants' vigilance, surveillance opportunities. Methods to evaluate crime prevention interventions range from experimental methodologies, pinnacled by the randomized control trials (RCTs), through to more qualitative approaches.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Forensic Psychology , pp. 645 - 651Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010