How can a society prevent-not deter, not punish-but prevent crime? Criminal justice prevention, commonly called crime control, aims to prevent crime after an initial offence has been commited through anything from an arrest to a death penalty sentence. These traditional means have been frequently examined and their efficacy just as frequently questioned. Promising new forms of crime prevention have emerged and expanded as important components of an overall strategy to reduce crime.Crime prevention today has developed along three lines: interventions to improve the life chances of children and prevent them from embarking on a life of crime; programs and policies designed to ameliorate the social conditions and institutions that influence offending; and the modification or manipulation of the physical environment, products, or systems to reduce everyday opportunities for crime. Each strategy aims at preventing crime or criminal offending in the first instance - before the act has been committed. Each, importantly, takes place outside of the formal criminal justice system, representing an alternative, perhaps even socially progressive way to reduce crime. The Oxford Handbook of Crime Prevention is a comprehensive, up-to-date, and authoritative review of research on crime prevention. Bringing together top scholars in criminology, public policy, psychology, and sociology, this Handbook includes critical reviews of the main theories that form the basis of crime prevention, evidence-based assessments of the effectiveness of the most important interventions, and cross-cutting essays that examine implementation, evaluation methodology, and public policy.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 of crime.

PrefaceContributors1. Crime Prevention and Public PolicyBrandon C. Welsh and David P. FarringtonPart I: Developmental Crime Prevention2. Developmental and Life-Course Theories of OffendingFrancis T. Cullen, Michael L. Benson, and Matthew D. Makarios3. Risk and Protective Factors for OffendingDavid P. Farrington, Rolf Loeber, and Maria M. Ttofi4. Preventing Crime Through Intervention in the Preschool YearsHolly S. Schindler and Hirokazu Yoshikawa5. Parent Training and the Prevention of CrimeAlex R. Piquero and Wesley G. Jennings6. Child Social Skills Training in the Prevention of Antisocial Development and CrimeFriedrich Losel and Doris Bender7. Developmental Approaches in the Prevention of Female OffendingDeborah Gorman-Smith and Alana M. VivoloPart II: Community Crime Prevention8. Community-Level Infl uences on Crime and OffendingSteven F. Messner and Gregory M. Zimmerman9. Disorder and CrimeWesley G. Skogan10. Poverty Deconcentration and the Prevention of CrimeJens Ludwig and Julia Burdick-Will11. Peer Influence, Mentoring, and the Prevention of CrimeChristopher J. Sullivan and Darrick Jolliffe12. Comprehensive Community Partnerships for Preventing CrimeDennis P. Rosenbaum and Amie M. Schuck13. Community-Based Substance Use PreventionAbigail A. Fagan and J. David Hawkins14. Schools and PreventionDenise C. Gottfredson, Philip J. Cook, and Chongmin NaPart III: Situational Crime Prevention15. Situational Crime Prevention: Classifying Techniques Using ?Good Enough? TheoryMartha J. Smith and Ronald V. Clarke16. High Crime Places, Times, and OffendersAnthony A. Braga17. Crime Displacement and Diffusion of BenefitsShane D. Johnson, Rob T. Guerette, and Kate J. Bowers18. Place-Based Crime Prevention: Theory, Evidence, and PolicyJohn E. Eck and Rob T. Guerette19. The Private Sector and Designing Products Against CrimePaul Ekblom20. Once Bitten, Twice Shy: Repeat Victimization and Its PreventionLouise Grove and Graham FarrellPart IV : Advancing Knowledge and Building a Safer Society21. Implementing Crime Prevention: Good Governance and a Science of ImplementationRoss Homel and Peter Homel22. The Importance of Randomized Experiments in Evaluating Crime PreventionDavid Weisburd and Joshua C. Hinkle23. Preventing Future Criminal Activities of Delinquents and OffendersDoris Layton MacKenzie24. Public Opinion and Crime Prevention: A Review of International TrendsJulian V. Roberts and Ross Hastings25. The Science and Politics of Crime Prevention: Toward a New Crime PolicyBrandon C. Welsh and David P. FarringtonIndex