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Crime prevention series

Crime prevention in theory

Published in:
Crime prevention for older Australians
Marianne Pinkerton James
Canberra : Australian Institute of Criminology, 1993
ISBN 0 642 18631 6 ; ISSN 1031-5330
(Crime prevention series)

Abstract

When assessing ways in which crime prevention measures for older people can be implemented, it is necessary to examine crime prevention strategies in general. The forms of crime prevention taken and the models followed are outlined in this chapter under the groupings: situational crime prevention, social crime prevention, multi-agency cooperation and overseas models.