NCJ Number
173847
Editor(s)
R Homel
Date Published
1997
Length
240 pages
Annotation
This volume presents nine essays on crime prevention, particularly as it relates to issues of policing and regulation.
Abstract
The essays in this volume deal with regulation and control of public drinking; policing alcohol-related violence, drug consumption and public disorder; accident and injury prevention; managing police resources; problem-oriented policing; and auto theft. The book is divided into the following chapters: (1) Regulation of the Licensed Drinking Environment: A Major Opportunity for Crime Prevention; (2) Preventing Alcohol-Related Crime Through Community Action: The Surfers Paradise Safety Action Project; (3) Danger on the Dance Floor: A Study of Interior Design, Crowding and Aggression in Nightclubs; (4) Reducing Pub Hopping and Related Crime; (5) Restoring Public Order in a City Park; (6) Policing the Beat: The Experience in Toowoomba, Queensland; (7) Using Police Enforcement to Prevent Road Crashes: The Randomized Scheduled Management System; (8) Auto Theft in Central Philadelphia; and (9) A Problem-Oriented Approach to Preventing Sex Discrimination in Police Recruitment. References, figures, tables, appendix, notes