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This book offers a useful theoretical overview of key approaches to the subject of crime and community and considers the ways in which these have been applied i

Proactive policing, as a strategic approach used by police agencies to prevent crime, is a relatively new phenomenon in the United States. It developed from a c

While most edited books about crime typically concentrate on a particular dimension of it--the police, the court system, or the theories of crime, Dimensions of

The form and layout of a built environment has a significant influence on crime by creating opportunities for it and, in turn, shaping community crime patterns.

Crime is often perceived as an urban issue rather than a problem that occurs in rural areas, but how far is this view tenable? This book explores the relationsh