Changing Lives
Delinquency Prevention as Crime-Control Policy
Changing Lives
Delinquency Prevention as Crime-Control Policy
Peter W. Greenwood here demonstrates here that as crimes rates have fallen, researchers have identified more connections between specific risk factors and criminal behavior, while program developers have discovered a wide array of innovative interventions. The result of all this activity, he reveals, has been the revelation of a few prevention models that reduce crime much more cost-effectively than popular approaches such as tougher sentencing, D.A.R.E., boot camps, and "scared straight" programs. Changing Lives expertly presents the most promising of these prevention programs, their histories, the quality of evidence to support their effectiveness, the public policy programs involved in bringing them into wider use, and the potential for investments and developmental research to increase the range and quality of programs.
236 pages | 18 figures, 13 tables | 6 x 9 | © 2005
Adolescent Development and Legal Policy
Law and Legal Studies: General Legal Studies, Law and Society, Legal History, Legal Thought
Political Science: Political Behavior and Public Opinion, Public Policy
Psychology: Counseling and Guidance, Developmental Psychology, Social Psychology
Sociology: Social Change, Social Movements, Political Sociology
Reviews
Table of Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Part 1 - The Nature and Effectiveness of Crime Prevention
1. Delinquency Prevention as Crime Control
2. The Evolution of an Idea
3. Strategies for Measuring Program Impact
4. What Works
5. What Doesn’t Work
Part 2 - Prevention and Policy
6. The Uses and Limits of Cost Effectiveness in Allocating Crime-Prevention Resources
7. Politics, Government, and Prevention
8. Programming in the Modern Juvenile Court
References
Index
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