Crime Prevention(English, Paperback, Mackey David A.)

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Crime Prevention(English, Paperback, Mackey David A.) is written by Mackey David A. and published by Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1449615937 (ISBN 10) and 9781449615932 (ISBN 13).

Crime Prevention text is written for courses within a criminal justice or sociology curriculum. Co-Editor and author, David Mackey begins by emphasizing the importance of crime prevention as it relates to financial and social costs and introduces students to the theoretical models of crime prevention. The subsequent order of the chapters parallels the medical model of crime prevention moving from primary crime prevention, secondary crime prevention, and tertiary crime prevention efforts. Traditional areas of crime prevention are reflected in the chapters on family/schools, guns, policing, sentencing, and correctional programs, and additional chapters cover emerging areas now considered critical to crime prevention, such as technology, surveillance, and specific efforts to protect more vulnerable populations. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book is missing some of the images or content found in the physical edition.