Objectives This updated systematic review assesses the effects of focused police crime
prevention interventions at crime hot spots. The review also examined whether focused …

Research Summary Focused deterrence strategies are increasingly being applied to
prevent and control gang and group‐involved violence, overt drug markets, and individual …

Background In recent years, crime scholars and practitioners have pointed to the potential
benefits of focusing crime prevention efforts on crime places. A number of studies suggest …

Objectives Systematically review and synthesize the existing research on community-
oriented policing to identify its effects on crime, disorder, fear, citizen satisfaction, and police …

Scholars and practitioners alike in recent years have suggested that real and lasting
progress in the fight against gun violence requires changing the social norms and attitudes …

After reviewing the evidence regarding the general effectiveness of hot spots policing (what
we know), we focus on areas where new knowledge must be developed (what we need to …

Over the last two decades, there has been increased interest in the distribution of crime and
other antisocial behavior at lower levels of geography. The focus on micro geography and its …

Policing in America, Ninth Edition, provides a thorough analysis of the key issues in policing
today, and offers an issues-oriented discussion focusing on critical concerns such as …

Research Summary Just four decades ago, the predominant narrative in crime prevention
and rehabilitation was that nothing works. Since that time, criminologists have accumulated …

The objective of this study was to investigate how gender differentiates the perception of
safety in urban parks. Gender was recognized in relation to selected, most important factors …