Understanding Crime Prevention

by Gordon Hughes

* How can criminological, sociological and historical perspectives illuminate the elusive concept of crime prevention? * Are we witnessing a new governance of crime control? * What are the futures of crime prevention in late modernity? This book offers a comprehensive overview of current and historical debates about crime prevention in particular and social control more generally. It moves beyond the traditional boundaries of criminology and offers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0335199402
• ISBN13: 9780335199402
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Open University Press
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"