Making Public Places Safer is the first book to assess the effectiveness and social costs of the most important surveillance methods to prevent crime in public space: CCTV, improved street lighting, security guards, place managers, and defensible space. Importantly, the book goes beyond the question of "Does it work?" and examines the specific conditions and contexts under which these surveillance methods may have an effect on crime as well as the mechanisms that bring about a reduction in crime. Making Public Places ...
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Making Public Places Safer is the first book to assess the effectiveness and social costs of the most important surveillance methods to prevent crime in public space: CCTV, improved street lighting, security guards, place managers, and defensible space. Importantly, the book goes beyond the question of "Does it work?" and examines the specific conditions and contexts under which these surveillance methods may have an effect on crime as well as the mechanisms that bring about a reduction in crime. Making Public Places Safer is a timely and reliable guide at a time when cities need cost-effective methods to fight crime and the public gradually awakens to the burdens of sacrificing their privacy and civil rights for security.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 168 p. Contains: Unspecified, Tables, black & white. Studies in Crime and Public Policy. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 2009002630 Type of material Book Personal name Welsh, Brandon, 1969-Main title Making public places safer: surveillance and crime prevention / Brandon C. Welsh, David P. Farrington. Published/Created Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. Description 168 p.; 25 cm. ISBN 9780195326215 (cloth: alk. paper) 0195326210 (cloth: alk. paper) LC classification HV7431. W398 2009 Related names Farrington, David P. Contents Introduction--The politics of surveillance for crime prevention--How might surveillance measures reduce crime? --Evidence-based crime prevention--Closed-circuit television--Improved street lighting--Security guards, place managers, and defensible space--Safer streets, safer cities: policy choices for America--Conclusions and future directions. LC Subjects Crime prevention--United States. Public spaces--United States. Public safety--United States. Security systems. Closed-circuit television. Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-160) and index. Series Studies in crime and public policy Studies in crime and public policy. Dewey class no. 364.4 Geographic area code n-us---National bib no. GBA990624 National bib agency no. 015370909 Other system no. (OCoLC)ocn300720919
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