NCJ Number
195626
Editor(s)
Nick Tilley
Date Published
2002
Length
229 pages
Annotation
This book is part of an international series concentrating on the evaluation of crime prevention and crime reduction policies and practices.
Abstract
As a volume in a continuing international book series focused on evaluating crime prevention and crime reduction policies and practices, this book begins with the editor introducing both the issue of evaluating crime prevention programs and with an introduction to the five articles contained within this work. The first work, “Anticipated Consequences: Developing a Strategy for the Targeted Measurement of Displacement and Diffusion Benefits,” presents an examination of the ways that crime prevention benefits are displaced and diffused. This piece seeks to further an understanding of the expectations of patterns of local crime. The second piece in this series, “Cost-Benefit Analysis for Crime Prevention: Opportunity Costs, Routine Savings, and Crime Externalities,” furthers current studies on the cost-benefit analysis of situation crime prevention. Arguing that existing studies leave out key areas of research, this work addresses four areas in which cost-benefit analysis research may aid in crime prevention. The third piece, “ Learning From Experience in Problem-Oriented Policing and Situation Prevention: The Positive Functions of Weak Evaluations and the Negative Functions of Strong Ones,” addresses the evaluation results of various crime prevention programs. Challenging the assumption that random, controlled trials offer maximum validity, this author focuses on the issue of context sensitivity. In the fourth work in this series, “Choosing An Evaluation Model for Community Crime Prevention Programs,” it is suggested that Australia needs to better evaluate its community crime prevention programs. The fifth, and last, piece in this series, “Evaluating Multi-Agency Anti-Crime Partnerships: Theory, Design, and Measurement Issues,” discusses various design and measurement issues which concern the evaluation of anti-crime coalitions and partnerships. Figures, references, and notes