Ethical and Social Perspectives on Situational Crime Prevention

Situational crime prevention has drawn increasing interest in recent years,yet the debate has looked mainly at whether it ''works'' to prevent crime. This volume addresses the ethics of situational crime prevention and also examines the place of situational crime prevention within criminology. The contributors are twelve distinguished criminologists who together advance our understanding of the ethical and societal questions underlying crime prevention. Contributors: Ron Clarke, Adam Crawford, Antony Duff, David Garland, Tim Hope, Richard Jones, John Kleinig, Clifford Shearing, David J. Smith, Richard Sparks, Andrew von Hirsch and Alison Wakefield."..presents several unique questions regarding the use of crime prevention strategies."Robert Hanser writing in The Literature of Criminal Justice January 2001>

About the author

Andreas von Hirsch is Emeritus Honorary Professor of Penal Theory and Penal Law at the Cambridge University, and Honorary Professor of Penal Theory at the Law Faculty, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany. Much of his earlier writing has appeared under his anglicised name, Andrew von Hirsch.David Garland is Professor of Law and Sociology at New York University.Alison Wakefield is a Lecturer in Criminology at City University, UK.

Product details

• Authors: David Garland, Andreas von Hirsch, Andrew Von Garland Hirsch, Al Wakefield
• Assisted by: David Garland (Editor), Andreas von Hirsch (Editor), Andrew von Hirsch (Editor), Andrew von Hirsch (Editor), Alison Wakefield (Editor)
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.10.2004
• EAN: 9781841135533
• ISBN: 978-1-84113-553-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Studies in Penal Theory and Penal Ethics; Studies in Penal Theory and Pe; Studies in Penal Theory and Penal Ethics; Studies in Penal Theory and Pe
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology