Jones & Bartlett Learning Crime Prevention

Written by a collection of scholarly experts, Crime Prevention presents significant issues related to contemporary crime prevention efforts. Interdisciplinary in its approach, the text is written for courses within a criminal justice or sociology curriculum. Co-Editor and author, David Mackey begins by emphasizing the importance of crime prevention as it relates to financial and social costs and introduces students to the theoretical models of crime prevention. The subsequent order of the chapters parallels the medical model of crime prevention moving from primary crime prevention, secondary crime prevention, and tertiary crime prevention efforts. Traditional areas of crime prevention are reflected in the chapters on family/schools, guns, policing, sentencing, and correctional programs, and additional chapters cover emerging areas now considered critical to crime prevention, such as technology, surveillance, and specific efforts to protect more vulnerable populations. Key Features: - Includes a comprehensive look at the many facets of crime prevention, merging both the theory and practice. - Provides a comprehensive discussion on a range of crime prevention topics while incorporating a theoretical foundation, a look at previous research, and existing policy analysis. - Includes the most recent data in the field, acknowledging the recent changes in crime prevention due to increased awareness of terrorism and advances in technological capabilities. Resources: - Instructor resources include a complete Test Bank and PowerPoint Lecture Outlines. About the Author David A. Mackey is Professor of Criminal Justice at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, New Hampshire. He earned his BS and MA in Criminal Justice from University of Massachusetts, Lowell and his PhD in Criminology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. At Plymouth State University, he teaches Technology in Criminal Justice; Society, Ethics, and the Law; and Criminology. Dr. Mackey received the Northeastern Association of Criminal Justice Sciences Regional Fellow Award in 2011 and served as the Association President in 2019–2020. With Kristine Levan (University of Idaho), he coedited Crime Prevention published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. Some of his work in the area of criminal justice ethics include “Moral Dilemmas and Worst-Case Scenarios: Using Post-Apocalyptic Fiction to Teach Criminal Justice Ethics,” “Employing Surveillance in Situational Crime Prevention,” “The ‘X-Rated X-Ray’: Reconciling Liberty, Privacy, and Community Safety,” and “The Ethics of New Surveillance.” Kristine Levan received her Ph.D. in Criminology from The University of Texas at Dallas in 2007, and is currently teaching at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, New Hampshire. Her research focuses on criminal violence, violence within correctional settings, and criminological theory. Her work has appeared in Justice Quarterly, Key Issues in Crime and Punishment and the Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention.