The promise of crime prevention : leading crime prevention programs
- Research and public policy series, no. 1
- ISBN 0 642 22768 3 ; ISSN 1326-6004
- Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, 1995
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Abstract
Some of the more promising examples of crime prevention in Australia and around the world are included in this publication. These case studies provide innovative examples of crime prevention in practice and demonstrate that criminological theories can translate into effective crime prevention programs.
Contents
Part 1 : opportunity reduction
- Surfers Paradise Safety Action Project
- Situational prevention of public disorder
- Julalikari Night Patrol
- Reducing violence, crime and fear of crime in gay and lesbian communities
- Reducing burglary on a public housing estate
- Preventing the counterfeiting of Australian currency
- Crime prevention and fear reduction through enhanced street lighting
- Reducing telephone vandalism
- Cash reduction and robbery prevention in the Victorian TAB
- Random breath testing in New South Wales
- Retailer prevention of credit card fraud
- Public transport safety in Victoria
- Reducing crime on public transport in The Netherlands
- Preventing motor vehicle theft in New South Wales
Part 2 : developmental interventions
- The Elmira Prenatal/Early Infancy Project
- The Perry Preschool Project
- Family Intervention Program
- Controlling disruptive boys
- The prevention of school bullying in Norway
- The Job Corps
- Domestic Abuse Intervention Project
- Methadone maintenance treatment in the management of opioid dependence