Crime prevention that works - the goal of much government and corporate policy - can be difficult to discover amongst obscure and tedious academic texts. Yet, now more than ever, we need sophisticated government and corporate crime prevention policies that produce results. This book of research, policy and practice provides a clear and up-to-date guide to what works and what constitutes best practice across a range of crime prevention and security management applications and issues. It also fills a gap in the literature in regard to the integration of environmentally-based crime prevention science and applied security work. Aimed primarily at a practitioner audience, it is a concise and informative entr into the field and helps convey some of the main principles, methods and sources in crime prevention. Guidance on further secondary research is also provided. A must read for all crime prevention project managers, security managers, policy officers, students, and researchers.

Crime prevention that works - the goal of much government and corporate policy - can be difficult to discover amongst obscure and tedious academic texts. Yet, now more than ever, we need sophisticated government and corporate crime prevention policies that produce results.This book of research, policy and practice provides a clear and up-to-date guide to what works and what constitutes best practice across a range of crime prevention and security management applications and issues. It also fills a gap in the literature in regard to the integration of environmentally-based crime prevention science and applied security work.Aimed primarily at a practitioner audience, it is a concise and informative entré into the field and helps convey some of the main principles, methods and sources in crime prevention. Guidance on further secondary research is also provided.A must read for all crime prevention project managers, security managers, policy officers, students, and researchers.

PrefacePart A: Effective Crime Prevention: From Theory to Practice1.Situational Crime Prevention: Theories, Impacts and IssuesTim Prenzler and Eric Wilson2.Crime Prevention Through Environmental DesignMateja Mihinjac and Danielle Reynald3.Financial Costs and Benefits of Crime PreventionMatthew Manning and Gabriel TW Wong4.Case Studies in Reducing Violent Crime and DisorderMateja Mihinjac and Danielle Reynald5.Case Studies in Reducing Property and Financial CrimeTim PrenzlerPart B: Advanced Security Management6.Principles of Security Management: Applying the Lessons from Crime PreventionRick Draper and Jessica Ritchie7.Best Practice in Physical SecurityRick Draper & Jessica Ritchie8.People Management in SecurityJessica Ritchie and Rick DraperPart C: The Security Industry and the New Professionalism9.The Security Industry: Dimensions and IssuesTim Prenzler10.Legal Powers, Obligations and ImmunitiesRick Sarre11.Conduct Issues in Security WorkTim Prenzler12.Smart Regulation for the Security IndustryTim Prenzler and Rick Sarre