Abstract
Although there has been criticism from some academics of the ‘technicist’ approach to crime prevention, there is much practical experience and evaluative research that can help point to the best and most cost-effective types of intervention to create safer communities. This chapter sorts the wheat from the chaff.
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© 2004 Henry Shaftoe
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Shaftoe, H. (2004). What Works. In: Crime Prevention. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-21393-7_9
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