ABSTRACT
This book provides an introduction to crime science, setting out its essentials. It provides a major statement of the nature and aspirations of crime science, and presents a series of case studies providing examples, in different settings, of the approach in action, ranging from preventing crime within correctional institutions to the use of techniques such as DNA fast tracking for burglary.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|24 pages
Background
part 2|57 pages
Theory and Methodology
chapter Chapter 2|29 pages
How to police the future
Scanning for scientific and technological innovations which generate potential threats and opportunities in crime, policing and crime reduction
chapter Chapter 3|26 pages
Cost-benefit analysis for crime science
Making cost-benefit analysis useful through a portfolio of outcomes
part 3|81 pages
Case Studies in Preventive Crime Science
chapter Chapter 4|19 pages
Reducing prison disorder through situational prevention
The Glen Parva experience
chapter Chapter 7|19 pages
Predicting the future or summarising the past?
Crime mapping as anticipation
part 4|43 pages
Case Studies in Crime Science for Detection
