drug abuse and its crimes is one of the biggest problems in all countries, including iran. according to available statistics more than half of the prisoners in connection with drug remain in jail as increasing numbers of addicts and various anomalies of addiction in the community marker lack of effectiveness of the preventive measures taken in the country. accordingly, given the need to determi...

crime and the fear of crime are pervasive and endemic concerns in modern society and criminal justice systems are clearly failing to tackle both issues. cpted is an acronym for crime prevention through environmental design which asserts that the proper design and effective use of the built environment can lead to a reduction in the fear and incidence of crime, and an improvement in the quality ...

Brå – a centre of knowledge on crime and measures to combat crime The Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (Brottsförebyggande rådet – Brå) works to reduce crime and improve levels of safety in society by producing data and disseminating knowledge on crime and crime prevention work and the justice system's responses to crime.

The Australian and New Zealand Crime Prevention Senior Officers' Group (ANZCP SOG) provides a national forum for senior crime prevention staff from each State and Territory as well as Commonwealth and New Zealand government to exchange and share information about crime prevention practices. The ANZCP SOG aims to: • BLOCKINsupport strategic thinking and policy development on crime prevention iss...

The collected papers in this volume address analysis for crime prevention. Analysis for crime prevention differs from analysis of crime prevention. Analysis of crime prevention stands back from and comments on what has been and is being done to try to prevent crime. It may be concerned with effectiveness as part of a broad agenda of social reform, but is not concerned directly to inform efforts...

Research on cost-benefit analysis of situational crime prevention is examined and found wanting. The few existing studies do not accurately represent the likely benefits of the situational approach. While measures of non-monetary crime costs are improving, at least four other key areas warrant more attention: First, "routine savings" derive from routine precautions. Second, models of victim (pr...

The crime prevention literature often contrasts “social prevention” and “situational prevention.” Social prevention focuses on reforming individuals through social policies. Situational prevention seeks instead to reduce crime by altering the settings or conditions in which we carry out daily routines, and avoids trying to change offender dispositions. Yet offender dispositions are not their on...