Ethical and social perspectives on situational crime prevention / edited by Andrew von Hirsch, David Garland, Alison Wakefield.

The thinking reflected in this book was stimulated by two colloquia held in Cambridge, in January 1997 and October 1999.

Published for Centre for Penal Theory and Penal Ethics, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge.

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Half Title Page; Half Title verso; Title Page; Title verso; Preface; Contents; Notes on Contributors; 1. Ideas, Institutions and Situational Crime Prevention; 2. Benefits, Burdens and Responsibilities: Some Ethical Dimensions of Situational Crime Prevention; 3. The Burdens of Situational Crime Prevention: An Ethical Commentary; 4. The Ethics of Public Television Surveillance; 5. Exclusion from Public Space; 6. Situational Prevention, Criminology and Social Values; 7. Situational Prevention: Social Values and Social Viewpoints; 8. Situational Crime Prevention in Mass Private Property.

Situational crime prevention has drawn increasing interest in recent years, yet the debate has looked mainly at whether it?works? to prevent crime. Little attention has been paid to how it alters conceptions and strategies of crime prevention in modern society, and to the ethical questions concerning its potential impact on freedom and privacy. This volume addresses the ethics of situational crime prevention. Are situational crime prevention strategies likely to constrain unduly people's freedom of movement? Do such strategies involve an intrusive scrutiny of people's everyday activities? Can.

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