This book is intended to contribute to improved practice in crime prevention,
primarily through the lessons from successful projects. It provides an
overview of current research in the field, and an exposition of some of the
best studies from the past. The target audience includes security practitioners,
crime prevention and community safety officers, police, research and
policy officers, politicians, and students and academics.
The book represents an outgrowth of the original Australian Academic
Press collection, Professional Practice in Crime Prevention and Security
Management, published in 2014. That book was focused on situational prevention
and the work of the security industry. The present book contains a
wider range of approaches, including criminal justice, developmental and
community strategies. A number of the chapters from the earlier book have
been reproduced with updates and additions. Others have been consolidated
into a smaller set. As a result, the new book covers a wide spectrum of
approaches, designed to address crime problems from multiple angles.
Crime is complex, the causes of crime are complex and, consequently,
diverse methods are required to make the very large reductions in offending
urgently needed around the world.