Employment and crime have a complex relationship. For an individual, they can be substitutes or complementary activities. For example, some people choose crime rather than legitimate work because of an expectation that they can make more money from crime and/or because they find it more rewarding in…
The main aims of this chapter are to summarize the findings on what works, what does not work, what is promising and what is unknown in preventing crime in seven institutional settings in which crime prevention takes place, and to bring together the main conclusions of the book. We hope that this bo…
Past behavior is the best predictor of future behavior. From this perspective, it is reasonable to attempt to prevent crime by preventing known offenders from continuing their criminal behavior. This chapter focuses on the options for dealing with actual perpetrators once they are identified so that…
