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Preventing crime : what works, what doesn't, what's promising : a report to the United States Congress

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Preventing crime : what works, what doesn't, what's promising : a report to the United States Congress / prepared for the National Institute of Justice by Lawrence W. Sherman ... [and others] in collaboration with members of the graduate program, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland.
Publication
Washington, DC : U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, [1997]

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  • Sherman, Lawrence W.
  • National Institute of Justice (U.S.)
  • University of Maryland at College Park. Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice.
Description
1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations; 28 cm.
Series Statement
Research report
Uniform Title
Research report (National Institute of Justice (U.S.))
Subjects
Note
  • "Supported by ... grant number 96-MU-MU-0019 to the University of Maryland at College Park."
  • Shipping list no.: 1997-0286-P.
  • "February 1997."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also available via Internet. Address as of 3/3/08: http://www.ncjrs.gov/works/; current access available via PURL.
Contents
Introduction : the congressional mandate to evaluate ; Thinking about crime prevention ; Communities and crime prevention ; Family-based crime prevention / Lawrence W. Sherman -- School-based crime prevention / Denise C. Gottfredson -- Labor markets and crime risk factors / Shawn Bushway and Peter Reuter -- Preventing crime at places / John Eck -- Policing for crime prevention / Lawrence W. Sherman -- Criminal justice and crime prevention / Doris Layton MacKenzie -- Conclusions : the effectiveness of local crime prevention funding / Lawrence W. Sherman.
LCCN
97221965
OCLC
  • ocm37363861
  • SCSB-4371903
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries