A Framework for Addressing Violence and Serious Crime by Anthony A Braga

A Framework for Addressing Violence and Serious Crime by Anthony A Braga

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This Element examines an increasingly important community crime prevention strategy - focused deterrence. This strategy seeks to change offender behavior by understanding crime-producing dynamics and conditions that cause recurring crime problems, and implementing a mixed set of law enforcement, community mobilization, and social service actions.

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A Framework for Addressing Violence and Serious Crime by Anthony A Braga

This Element examines an increasingly important community crime prevention strategy - focused deterrence. This strategy seeks to change offender behavior by understanding underlying crime-producing dynamics and conditions that sustain recurring crime problems, and implementing a blended set of law enforcement, community mobilization, and social service actions. The approach builds on recent theorizing on optimizing deterrence, mobilizing informal social control, enhancing police legitimacy, and reducing crime opportunities through situational crime prevention. There are three main types of focused deterrence strategies: group violence intervention programs, drug market intervention programs, and individual offender programs. A growing number of rigorous program evaluations find focused deterrence to be an effective crime prevention strategy. However, a number of steps need to be taken to ensure focused deterrence strategies are implemented properly. These steps include creating a network of capacity through partnering agencies, conducting upfront and ongoing problem analysis, and developing accountability structures and sustainability plans.
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ISBN 13 9781108940061
ISBN 10 1108940064
Title A Framework for Addressing Violence and Serious Crime
Author Anthony A Braga
Series Elements In Criminology
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Year published 2021-03-25
Number of pages 75
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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