NCJ Number
48418
Date Published
1975
Length
83 pages
Annotation
THIS ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY CITES LITERATURE PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1965 AND 1975 TO IDENTIFY CRIME PREVENTION THEORIES AND PRACTICES AND TO DEFINE THEIR PURPOSE AND SCOPE.
Abstract
CITATIONS OF JOURNAL, MONOGRAPHIC, PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND REPORT LITERATURE ARE ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY AUTHOR WITHIN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: (1) ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN AND MODIFICATION -- PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS WHICH PROMOTE CITIZEN SURVEILLANCE, DECREASE CRIMES OF OPPORTUNITY, AND GENERALLY SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT IN RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENTS, BUSINESS DISTRICTS, TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES, SCHOOLS, AND PUBLIC PLACES; (2) MEDICAL AMD PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTION -- TECHNIQUES BEING USED OR EXPERIMENTED WITH TO MODIFY OR CONTROL BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING PSYCHOSURGERY, CHEMICAL THERAPY, AND AVERSIVE CONDITIONING; (3) COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT -COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE AND STRENGTHEN THE CITIZEN'S OR COMMUNITY'S RESOURCES AND CAPACITIES TO DEAL WITH TROUBLE ON AN INFORMAL BASIS OUTSIDE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE, HEALTH, OR WELFARE SYSTEMS; (4) POLICE INVOLVEMENT -- RESPONSE, REFERRAL, PREVENTION, PUBLIC EDUCATION, CRIME SOLVING, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT; AND (5) LAW REFORM -- NEW CONCEPTS OF LAW RESPONSIBLE TO THE CHANGING NEEDS OF CANADIAN SOCIETY AND OF INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THAT SOCIETY. A SELECTION OF GENERAL LITERATURE IS ALSO CITED. THERE IS A TABLE OF CONTENTS BUT NO INDEX. (KBL)