Crime science : new approaches to preventing and detecting crime /

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Imprint:	Cullompton, Devon ; Portland, Or. : Willan, 2005.
Description:	1 online resource (xxii, 218 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Crime science series Crime science series (Willan Publishing)
Subject:	Criminology. Crime -- Great Britain. Crime prevention -- Great Britain. Crime. Crime prevention. Criminology. Great Britain. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11299692

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Other authors / contributors:	Smith, Melissa J., Dr. Tilley, Nick.
ISBN:	9781134010158 113401015X 9781843925842 1843925842 1843920905 1843920891 9781843920908 9781843920892
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	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.
Other form:	Print version: Crime science. Cullompton, Devon ; Portland, Or. : Willan, 2005

Table of Contents:

Defining crime science / Gloria Laycock
How to police the future: scanning for scientific and technological innovations which generate potential threats and opportunities in crime, policing and crime reduction / Paul Ekblom
Cost-benefit analysis for crime science: making cost-benefit analysis useful through a portfolio of outcomes / Graham Farrell, Kate J. Bowers and Shane D. Johnson
Reducing prison disorder through situational prevention: the Glen Parva experience / Richard Wortley and Lucia Summers
Driving down crime at motoway service areas / Nick Tilley
Vehicle excise duty evasion in the UK / Melissa J. Smith and Barry Webb
Predicting the future or summarising the past? Crime mapping as anticipation / Shane D. Johnson, Kate J. Bowers and Ken Pease
DNA fast-tracking / Barry Webb, Chloe Smith, Andrew Brock and Michael Townsley
Cognition and detection: reluctant bedfellows? / Peter Stelfox and Ken Pease.

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