ABSTRACT
In this concluding chapter, an attempt will be made to select some of the points made by chapter authors and address their implications. Whilst all of the preceding chapters deal with a broad range of different topics – from central and local government responsibilities for crime prevention, through policing; mental disorder; paedophilia; offender strategies; management of places and crime as a pollutant to a provoking discussion of risk; incentivization and rehabilitation as the underpinning factors for crime reduction – at the most general level, three conclusions appear to be held in common:
1 All conclude that legislation can work to reduce crime in certain circumstances.
