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IPC Review

Volume 1: Learning from the Past - Planning for the Future

Edited by Ross Hastings & Mélanie Bania

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Table of Contents and Acknowledgements

Introduction to the Inaugural Volume of the Institute for the Prevention of Crime Review
Ross Hastings

 

• Police Innovation Post 1980: Assessing Effectiveness and Equity Concerns in the Information Technology Era
  Dennis Rosenbaum

• Prévention autour des jeunes en difficulté : reconnaître la complexité et attaquer les intersections (In french with an english abstract)
  Marie-Marthe Cousineau

• Preventing Violence Against Women: Progress and Challenges
  Holly Johnson

• Aboriginal Communities and Crime Prevention: Confronting the Challenges of Organized Crime
  Jane Dickson-Gilmore

• De la prévention de la délinquance à la gestion duale des nouvelles formes de troubles à l’ordre public (In french with an english abstract)
  Francis Bailleau

• Situational Crime Prevention: Its Role in Comprehensive Prevention Initiatives
  Rick Linden

• Science and Politics of Early Crime Prevention: The American Experience and Directions for Canada
  Brandon Welsh

• Public Opinion and Crime Prevention: A Review of International Findings
  Julian Roberts & Ross Hastings

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Volume 3 - Crime Prevention: Sustaining the Momentum

Volume 2: Towards More Comprehensive Approaches to Prevention and Safety

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