Ethical and social perspectives on situational crime prevention

Ethical and social perspectives on situational crime prevention / edited by Andrew von Hirsch, David Garland, Alison Wakefield.

Situational crime prevention has drawn increasing interest in recent years, yet the debate has looked mainly at whether it?works? to prevent crime. Little attention has been paid to how it alters conceptions and strategies of crime prevention in modern society, and to the ethical questions concernin...

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Corporate Author: University of Cambridge. Centre for Penal Theory and Penal Ethics
Other Authors: Von Hirsch, Andrew, Garland, David, Wakefield, Alison
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Hart, 2000.
Series:Studies in penal theory and penal ethics.
Subjects:
Crime prevention > Moral and ethical aspects.
Crime prevention > Moral and ethical aspects > Congresses.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Criminaliteit.
Bestrijding.
Ethische aspecten.
Sociale aspecten.
Conference papers and proceedings
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Table of Contents:
  • Half Title Page; Half Title verso; Title Page; Title verso; Preface; Contents; Notes on Contributors; 1. Ideas, Institutions and Situational Crime Prevention; 2. Benefits, Burdens and Responsibilities: Some Ethical Dimensions of Situational Crime Prevention; 3. The Burdens of Situational Crime Prevention: An Ethical Commentary; 4. The Ethics of Public Television Surveillance; 5. Exclusion from Public Space; 6. Situational Prevention, Criminology and Social Values; 7. Situational Prevention: Social Values and Social Viewpoints; 8. Situational Crime Prevention in Mass Private Property.

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