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Author Waller, Irvin.

Title Smarter crime control : a guide to a safer future for citizens, communities, and politicians / Irvin Waller.

Publication Info. Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]
2014

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Description 1 online resource (344 pages) : illustrations
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Smart public safety : giving priority to victims and taxpayers -- Actions for smart crime control -- Policing : from over-reaction after the fact to stopping crime before it harms -- Justice : courts that stop crime or do not unnecessarily interfere -- Correcting corrections : away from mass incarceration and towards stopping crime -- Actions for smart pre-crime prevention -- Preventing youth from becoming repeat offenders -- Preventing gun violence -- Preventing violence against women -- Preventing road crimes and alcohol-related violence -- Preventing property crime -- An agenda to put safety first for victims and taxpayers -- Reinvesting in smart public safety to spare victims and lower taxes -- Principal sources -- Notes -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Index.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Crime prevention.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Waller, Irvin. Smarter crime control : a guide to a safer future for citizens, communities, and politicians. Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014] 9781442221697 (DLC)10835309
ISBN 9781442221697 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781442221703 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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