Crime Prevention in the 21st Century

This book brings together a series§of contributions made by international experts dedicated to reducing and preventing§crime. Although most statistical analyses point to an overall reduction in§crime in the past decade, there are a number of specific or emerging crimes on§the rise (in particular: cybercrime, identity theft, terrorism, sexual assault,§environmental crime, and maritime piracy) that call for new and innovative§techniques.§§This exciting volume is§divided into four sections: analysis of past offenders, new analytical tools,§legislation, and security techniques. Each section includes one theoretical§chapter to introduce and explain the research strategy, and a series of§empirical contributions that support the theoretical basis with research§evidence.§§The first section examines§past offenders' perspectives on crime prevention, to see what insight past§offenders can offer on future crime prevention. The second section is on§promising crime analysis tools designed to investigate crime patterns and guide§prevention initiatives. These include (a) crime script analysis (b) crime§mapping and spatial analysis (c) social network analysis and (d) agent-based§modelling. The focus of the third section is on the innovative use of crime-proofing§legislation to facilitate and support crime prevention efforts. The last§section is dedicated to technologies of security and situational crime§prevention.§§This work will be of interest§to researchers in criminology and criminal justice, with a particular focus on§emerging techniques, crime science, situational crime prevention, and technology,§and crime legislation as well as related fields such as public policy._