• E4J University Module Series: Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

• Module 2: Crime Prevention

• Introduction and learning outcomes

• Key issues

  • Topic 1:  Definition of crime prevention and terminology
  • Topic 2:  Key crime prevention typologies
  • Topic 2 cont.:  Detailed explanation of Tonry and Farrington's typology
  • Topic 3:  Crime problem-solving approaches
  • Topic 4:  What works
  • Summary
  • References

• Exercises

• Case studies

• Possible class structure

• Core reading

• Advanced reading

• Student assessment

• Additional teaching tools

• Further resources

• • United Nations entities
  • Regional crime prevention councils / institutions
  • Key clearinghouses
  • Systematic reviews

• Guidelines to develop a stand-alone course

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• First published in March 2019
  

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  This module is a resource for lecturers  

 

References

 

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• Bennett, Trevor (1989). Factors related to participation in neighbourhood watch schemes. British Journal of Criminology, vol. 29, No. 3, 207-18.
• Brantingham, Paul and Brantingham, Patricia (1978). A theoretical model of crime site selection. In M. Krohn and R. Akers, eds. Crime, law and sanction. California: Sage.
• Brantingham, Paul and Brantingham, Patricia (1981). Environmental criminology. Illinois: Waveland Press.
• Brantingham, Paul and Brantingham, Patricia (1982). Mobility, notoriety and crime: a study in the crime patterns of urban nodal points. Journal of Environmental Systems, vol. 11, No. 1, 89-99.
• Brantingham, Paul and Brantingham, Patricia (2008). Crime pattern theory. In Richard Wortley and Lorraine Mazerolle, eds. Environmental criminology and crime analysis. Devon: Willan.
• Brantingham, Paul and Faust, Frederic L (1976). A conceptual model of crime prevention, Crime and Delinquency, vol. 22, No. 3, 284-96.
• Cameron, Margaret and Laycock, Gloria (2002). Crime prevention in Australia. In A. Graycar and P. Grabosky, eds. The Cambridge handbook of Australian criminology. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press.
• Campbell Collaboration (2016). Strategy 2016-2018. Oslo: Campbell Collaboration.
• Campbell Collaboration (2018). Our Vision, Mission and Key Principles . Oslo: Campbell Collaboration.
• Chainey, Spencer and Ratcliffe, Jerry (2005). GIS and crime mapping. Chester: Wiley and Sons.
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• United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) (2010). Handbook on the Crime Prevention Guidelines - Making them work . Vienna: UNODC.
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• Welsh, Brandon C, Sullivan, Christopher J and Olds, David L (2010). When early crime prevention goes to scale: a new look at the evidence. Prevention Science, vol. 11, No. 2, 115-25.

 

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